Doctor Detroit

E375026
comedy film film

Doctor Detroit is a 1983 comedy film starring Dan Aykroyd as a mild-mannered professor who is roped into posing as a flamboyant crime boss.

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Doctor Detroit canonical 3
A mild-mannered college professor is tricked into posing as a flamboyant crime boss known as Doctor Detroit to protect a group of prostitutes from a rival pimp and mobsters. 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf comedy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
basedOn original screenplay ⓘ
cinematographyBy King Baggot ⓘ
colorProcess color ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Michael Pressman NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributedBy Universal Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Christopher Greenbury ⓘ
featuresPerformer James Brown ⓘ
fictionalAliasOfCharacter Doctor Detroit self-link ⓘ
filmingLocation Chicago ⓘ
genre comedy film ⓘ
crime comedy film ⓘ
hasTheme double life ⓘ
fish out of water ⓘ
identity ⓘ
isPartOf 1980s American comedy films ⓘ
leadCharacter Clifford Skridlow ⓘ
mainCharacterOccupation college professor ⓘ
medium theatrical film ⓘ
mpaaRating R ⓘ
musicBy Lalo Schifrin ⓘ
notableFor early starring role for Dan Aykroyd after The Blues Brothers ⓘ
notableSong Get It On ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary Doctor Detroit self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: A mild-mannered college professor is tricked into posing as a flamboyant crime boss known as Doctor Detroit to protect a group of prostitutes from a rival pimp and mobsters.
producer Robert K. Weiss NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany Brillstein Entertainment Partners ⓘ
surface form: Brillstein-Grey Entertainment
releaseDate May 6, 1983 ⓘ
releaseYear 1983 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 89 ⓘ
screenwriter Barry Blumberg ⓘ
Bruce Jay Friedman ⓘ
Carl Gottlieb ⓘ
Robert Boris ⓘ
setting Chicago ⓘ
starring Dan Aykroyd ⓘ
Donna Dixon ⓘ
Fran Drescher ⓘ
Howard Hesseman ⓘ
James Brown ⓘ
Kate Murtagh ⓘ
Lydia Lei ⓘ
TK Carter ⓘ

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Bruce Jay Friedman → wrote → Doctor Detroit ⓘ
Donna Dixon → notableWork → Doctor Detroit ⓘ
Doctor Detroit → plotSummary → Doctor Detroit self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: A mild-mannered college professor is tricked into posing as a flamboyant crime boss known as Doctor Detroit to protect a group of prostitutes from a rival pimp and mobsters.
Doctor Detroit → fictionalAliasOfCharacter → Doctor Detroit self-link ⓘ