High Anxiety (1977) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Mel Brooks.

Cast

• Mel Brooks as Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke
• Madeline Kahn as Victoria Brisbane
• Cloris Leachman as Nurse Charlotte Diesel
• Harvey Korman as Dr. Charles Montague
• Ron Carey as Brophy
• Howard Morris as Professor Lilloman
• Dick Van Patten as Dr. Philip Wentworth
• Jack Riley as The Desk Clerk
• Charlie Callas as Cocker Spaniel
• Ron Clark as Zachary Cartwright III
• Rudy De Luca as 'Braces' - Killer
• Barry Levinson as Dennis - Bellboy
• Lee Delano as Norton
• Albert Whitlock as Arthur Brisbane
• Billy Sands as Customer
• Richard Stahl as Dr. Baxter
• Robin Menken as Cocktail Waitress
• Darrell Zwerling as Dr. Eckhardt
• Murphy Dunne as Piano Player
• Al Hopson as Man Who is Shot
• Robert Ridgely as Flasher
• Pearl Shear as Screaming Woman at Gate
• Arnold Soboloff as Dr. Colburn
• Eddie Ryder as Doctor at Convention
• Sandy Helberg as Airport Attendant
• Fred Franklyn as Man from Cincinnati in Piano Bar
• Deborah Dawes as Stewardess
• Bernie Kuby as Dr. Wilson
• Ira Miller as Psychiatrist with Children
• Jimmy Martinez as Waiter in Piano Bar
• Beatrice Colen as Maid in Hotel
• Robert Manuel as Policeman at Airport
• Hunter von Leer as Policeman at Airport
• John Dennis as Orderly
• Frank Campanella as Bartender
• Henry Kaiser as New Groom in Piano Bar
• Bullets Durgom as Man in Phone Booth
• Joe Bellan as Male Attendant
• Mitchell Bock as Bar Patron
• Jay Burton as Patient

Crew

• Barry Levinson — Writer
• Rudy De Luca — Writer
• Mel Brooks — Writer
• Ron Clark — Writer
• John Morris — Original Music Composer
• Mel Brooks — Director
• Mel Brooks — Producer
• Paul Lohmann — Director of Photography

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