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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.
Language
Budget$4,015,000
Revenue $31,063,038
English
Budget$4,015,000
Revenue $31,063,038
Keywords
hitman
vertigo
lighthouse
satire
industrialist
spoof
satirical
bird droppings
Casts

Mel Brooks
Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke

Madeline Kahn
Victoria Brisbane

Cloris Leachman
Nurse Charlotte Diesel

Harvey Korman
Dr. Charles Montague

Ron Carey
Brophy

Howard Morris
Professor Lilloman

Dick Van Patten
Dr. Philip Wentworth

Jack Riley
The Desk Clerk

Charlie Callas
Cocker Spaniel
Ron Clark
Zachary Cartwright III

Rudy De Luca
'Braces' - Killer

Barry Levinson
Dennis - Bellboy

Lee Delano
Norton
Albert Whitlock
Arthur Brisbane

Billy Sands
Customer

Richard Stahl
Dr. Baxter
Robin Menken
Cocktail Waitress

Darrell Zwerling
Dr. Eckhardt

Murphy Dunne
Piano Player
Al Hopson
Man Who is Shot

Robert Ridgely
Flasher
Pearl Shear
Screaming Woman at Gate
Arnold Soboloff
Dr. Colburn

Eddie Ryder
Doctor at Convention

Sandy Helberg
Airport Attendant

Fred Franklyn
Man from Cincinnati in Piano Bar
Deborah Dawes
Stewardess

Bernie Kuby
Dr. Wilson
Ira Miller
Psychiatrist with Children
Jimmy Martinez
Waiter in Piano Bar

Beatrice Colen
Maid in Hotel
Robert Manuel
Policeman at Airport

Hunter von Leer
Policeman at Airport

John Dennis
Orderly

Frank Campanella
Bartender
Henry Kaiser
New Groom in Piano Bar
Bullets Durgom
Man in Phone Booth

Joe Bellan
Male Attendant
Mitchell Bock
Bar Patron
Jay Burton
Patient

Bryan Englund
Orderly #2
Anne Macey
Screaming Woman in Hotel
Alan U. Schwartz
Psychiatrist
David Armstrong
Club Patron (uncredited)
Charles Cirillo
Commuter at Airport (uncredited)
Robert Cole
Club Patron (uncredited)
Paul DeCeglie
Commuter at Airport (uncredited)
Fred Fisher
Club Patron (uncredited)
Michael Frost
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Laura Gile
Club Patron (uncredited)

Allan Graf
Man Going Through Metal Detector (uncredited)
Bart Greene
Lecture Guest (uncredited)
Robert Lussier
Thorndyke's Father in Flashback (uncredited)
Norman Palmer
Club Patron (uncredited)
Arnold Roberts
Commuter at Airport (uncredited)
George Simmons
Commuter at Airport (uncredited)
Norman Stevans
Lecture Guest (uncredited)
Robert Strong
Lecture Guest (uncredited)
Victor Toyota
Plane Passenger (uncredited)
Judith Woodbury
Club Patron (uncredited)
Crews
Patricia Norris
Costume Design

Mel Brooks
Writer
Thomas Tuttle
Makeup Artist
Terry Miles
Makeup Artist
Anne MacCauley
Set Decoration
Ron Clark
Writer

Rudy De Luca
Writer
Sugar Blymyer
Hairdresser

Barry Levinson
Writer
Richard D. Kent
Set Decoration
Linda Trainoff
Hairdresser

Mel Brooks
Producer
John C. Howard
Editor
Paul Lohmann
Director of Photography

Mel Brooks
Director

John Morris
Original Music Composer
Peter Wooley
Production Design
Hendrik Wynands
Construction Coordinator
Edward Richardson
Assistant Art Director
Claudia Gilligan Ivanjack
Painter
Richard Portman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Raul A. Bruce
Boom Operator
Marion Ball Jr.
Grip
Ernest B. Wehmeyer
Production Manager
Gene S. Cantamessa
Production Sound Mixer
Richard Sperber
Sound Effects
Albert Whitlock
Visual Effects
Mike Ferra
First Assistant Camera

Mark Johnson
Second Assistant Director
Richard 'Bongo' Mitchell
Animal Wrangler
David Sosna
Second Assistant Director
Benjamin Resella
Scenic Artist
Jack Monroe
Special Effects
Marie Kenney
Script Supervisor
Michael Galloway
Sound Recordist
J. Michael Marlett
Gaffer
Nancy Martinelli
Costumer
Dan Wallin
Scoring Mixer

Jonathan Sanger
Assistant Director
Bill MacSems
Property Master
Ralph Burns
Orchestrator

John Morris
Conductor
Abe Glazer
Production Accountant
Jerry F. Johnson
Transportation Coordinator
Guy Polzel
Key Grip
William Hartman
Sound Effects
Henry Schoessler
Matte Painter
Jerry Brutsche
Stunts
Edmond L. Koons
Camera Operator
Elliott Marks
Still Photographer
Louise Di Tullio
Musician
Mary Scott
Assistant Editor
Uan Rasey
Musician
Jack Hayes
Orchestrator
Nathan Scott
Orchestrator
Jered Green
Costumer
Wally Harton
Costumer
John R. Harris
Music Editor

John Morris
Orchestrator

Alan Ladd Jr.
Presenter

Mel Brooks
Songs
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