High Anxiety

film by Brooks [1977]

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High Anxiety (1977) is a film directed by and starring Mel Brooks. It is a parody of the suspense thrillers of Alfred Hitchcock. Brooks plays a psychiatrist who takes a job at a psychiatric institute for the extremely nervous. His life becomes endangered as he uncovers sinister secrets within the institute, which is staffed by a menacing pair. The film also features actors Cloris Leachman and Harvey Korman.12

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Mel Brooks
Films of the 1970s
High Anxiety (1977) was a more centred parody, with the films of Alfred Hitchcock as its target. Brooks again starred, this time as a psychiatrist whose life is put in jeopardy when he goes to work at the Psycho-Neurotic Institute for the Very, Very Nervous…
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High Anxiety (1977) was a more centred parody, with the films of Alfred Hitchcock as its target. Brooks again starred, this time as a psychiatrist whose life is put in jeopardy when he goes to work at the Psycho-Neurotic Institute for the Very, Very Nervous…
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