Doctor Detroit

1983
R
1h 29m

IMDb RATING

5.2/10

6.3K

YOUR RATING

Dan Aykroyd, Fran Drescher, Donna Dixon, Lynn Whitfield, and Lydia Lei in Doctor Detroit (1983)

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Comedy

A pimp on the run trusts his prostitutes to a meek professor of literature, who accepts the challenge.A pimp on the run trusts his prostitutes to a meek professor of literature, who accepts the challenge.A pimp on the run trusts his prostitutes to a meek professor of literature, who accepts the challenge.

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IMDb RATING

5.2/10

6.3K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
This was the first movie that actor Dan Aykroyd made after his comedic buddy John Belushi (Jake Blues of "The Blues Brothers") had passed away, just three months before principal photography began.

Goofs
Smooth books a one-way flight to the Cook Islands, then local service to Roratonga. In fact the Cook Islands international airport is *on* Roratonga.

Quotes
Clifford Skridlow: [towards the end of a rant as Doctor Detroit] ... Mom, if you want trouble--I am talking about scorched earth, no survival, whole-sale destruction... body-bags and fire TROUBLE
[smashes car windshield]
Clifford Skridlow: --then you just keep comin' on!
Mom: You don't know what trouble is, jerkoff!
Clifford Skridlow: Mom, I am going to rip off your head and shit down your neck.

Crazy credits
The credits end with "Coming soon: Doctor Detroit II, The Wrath of Mom."

Connections
Featured in Devo: Theme from Doctor Detroit (1983)

Soundtracks
Theme From Doctor Detroit
Written by Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald Casale (as G. V. Casale)
Performed by Devo
Devo produced by Devo
Devo appears courtesy of Warner Bros. Records, Inc.

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Featured review

5/10

Campy as heck

This is not the type of movie you watch for the clever plot and well-defined characters. This is a cheap, bawdy comic romp to be enjoyed with the fellas at a weekend get-together or at a bachelor party. Where else can you see a nubile young Fran Drescher wearing next to nothing and James Brown urging a crowd of scantily clad dancers to "get up offa that thang" in the same movie?

Nothing wrong with a little mindless entertainment, especially since Dr. Detroit doesn't pretend to be anything else.