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Doctor Detroit is a 1983 comedy film, written by Bruce Jay Friedman and Carl Gottlieb. This film stars Dan Aykroyd, Howard Hesseman, Lynn Whitfield, Fran Drescher, Donna Dixon and a special appearance by James Brown. The film was directed by Michael Pressman.

Plot summary

A shy but gentle man named Clifford Skridlow is a professor of comparative literature at the financially-strapped fictional Monroe College in Chicago. A chance encounter with four beautiful women at a restaurant changes his life forever when it's revealed that they are actually high-class prostitutes. Smooth Walker, the girls' pimp, is in financial (and physical) danger due to his enormous debt with the gruff "Mom," a Chicago mob boss. Smooth invents a fictitious business partner, the flamboyant and no-nonsense "Doctor Detroit," in an attempt to save himself from Mom's wrath. Through a series of comical misunderstandings, Cliff is conned into becoming Smooth Walker's patsy, this Doctor Detroit, and embarks on a dangerous mission to protect the girls from Mom while keeping his secret from his straight-laced parents while simultaneously attempting to secure a large endowment for the struggling university.

Cast

Dan Aykroyd
— Clifford Skridlow/Doctor Detroit
Howard Hesseman
— Smooth Walker
Donna Dixon
— Monica McNeil
Lydia Lei — Jasmine Wu
T.K. Carter — Diavolo Washington
Lynn Whitfield
— Thelma Cleland
Fran Drescher
— Karen Blittstein
Kate Murtagh — Mom
George Furth
— Arthur Skridlow
Nan Martin
— Margaret Skridlow
Peter Aykroyd — Mr. Frankman
Glenne Headly
— Miss Debbylike
Annabel Armour — Airline Clerk
Robert Cornthwaite — Professor Blount
Parley Baer
— Judge
John Kapelos
— Rush Street Dude
James Brown — Bandleader (himself)
Steven Williams
— Junior Sweet
Andrew Duggan
— Harmon Rausehorn
Peter Elbling — Guptor

Trivia

The Illinois license plate on Dan Aykroyd
's car ("BDR-529"), is the same plate that was on the "Bluesmobile" in the 1980
film Blues Brothers.

The end of the film promises Doctor Detroit II, the Wrath of Mom which was in the works. But Doctor Detroit was a box office flop, prompting the studio to pull the plug.

James Brown performed the songs "Living in America", and the Doctor Detroit theme song "Get up Offa That Thing/Dr. Detroit".

Devo performed the "Theme From Doctor Detroit" and had another track in the film, "Luv-Luv". There was an EP with the "Theme from Doctor Detroit", "Luv-Luv", and a remix of the theme released, as well as a music video for the theme incorporating footage from the film.

Dan Aykroyd married Donna Dixon
after working with her on this project.

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