A psychiatrist with intense acrophobia (fear of heights) goes to work for a mental institution run by doctors who appear to be crazier than their patients, and have secrets that they are willing to commit murder to keep.
Director
Mel Brooks
Writers
Mel Brooks
Ron Clark
Rudy De Luca
Barry Levinson
Cast
Mel Brooks as Dr. Richard Harpo Thorndyke
Madeline Kahn as Victoria Brisbane
Cloris Leachman as Nurse Charlotte Diesel
Harvey Korman as Dr. Charles Montague
Ron Carey as Brophy
Dick Van Patten as Dr. Philip Wentworth
Howard Morris as Professor Vicktor Lillolman
Jack Riley as a Hyatt Regency San Francisco desk clerk.
Charlie Callas as a demented patient who thinks he is a Cocker Spaniel.
Ron Clark as Zachary Cartwright
Rudy De Luca as "Braces"
Barry Levinson as Dennis the bellhop
Lee Delano as Norton
Richard Stahl as Dr. Baxter
Darrell Zwerling as Dr. Eckhardt
Murphy Dunne as Piano Player
Al Hopson as Man Who is Shot
Bob Ridgely as Flasher
Albert J. Whitlock as Arthur Brisbane
Pearl Shear as Screaming Woman at Gate
Arnold Soboloff as Dr. Colburn
Eddie Ryder as Doctor at Convention
Sandy Helberg as Airport Attendant
Fredric Franklyn as Man
Deborah Dawes as Stewardess
Bernie Kuby as Dr. Wilson
Billy Sands as Customer
Ira Miller as Psychiatrist with Children
Jimmy Martinez as Waiter
Beatrice Colen as Maid
Robert Manuel as Policeman at Airport
Hunter von Leer as Policeman at Airport
John Dennis as Orderly
Robin Menken as Cocktail Waitress
Frank Campanella as Bartender
Henry Kaiser as New Groom
Bullets Durgom as Man in Phone Booth
Joe Bellan as Male Attendant
Mitchell Bock as Bar Patron
Jay Burton as Patient
Bryan Englund as Orderly
Anne Macey as Screaming Woman
Alan U. Schwartz as Psychiatrist