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High Anxiety ()

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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.
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Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke
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Victoria Brisbane
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Nurse Charlotte Diesel
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Dr. Charles Montague
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Brophy
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Professor Lilloman
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Dr. Philip Wentworth
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The Desk Clerk
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Cocker Spaniel
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Zachary Cartwright III
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'Braces' - Killer (as Rudy DeLuca)
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Dennis - Bellboy
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Norton
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Dr. Baxter - Institute
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Dr. Eckhardt - Institute
Murphy Dunne ...
Piano Player
Al Hopson ...
Man Who is Shot
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Flasher (as Bob Ridgely)
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Arthur Brisbane (as Albert J. Whitlock)
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Screaming Woman at Gate
Arnold Soboloff ...
Dr. Colburn
Eddie Ryder ...
Doctor at Convention
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Airport Attendant
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Man from Cincinnati in Piano Bar (as Fredric Franklyn)
Deborah Dawes ...
Stewardess
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Dr. Wilson - Institute
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Customer
Ira Miller ...
Psychiatrist with Children
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Waiter in Piano Bar
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Maid in Hotel
Robert Manuel ...
Policeman at Airport
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Policeman at Airport (as Hunter Von Leer)
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Orderly
Robin Menken ...
Cocktail Waitress
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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
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David Armstrong ...
Club Patron (uncredited)
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Lecture Guest (uncredited)
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Commuter at Airport (uncredited)
Robert Cole ...
Club Patron (uncredited)
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Commuter at Airport (uncredited)
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Club Patron (uncredited)
Michael Frost ...
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Laura Gile ...
Club Patron (uncredited)
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Man Going Through Metal Detector (uncredited)
Bart Greene ...
Lecture Guest (uncredited)
Robert Hitchcock ...
Commuter at Airport (uncredited)
Robert Lussier ...
Thorndyke's Father in Flashback (uncredited)
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Club Patron (uncredited)
Arnold Roberts ...
Commuter at Airport (uncredited)
George Simmons ...
Commuter at Airport (uncredited)
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Lecture Guest (uncredited)
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Club Patron (uncredited)
Robert Strong ...
Lecture Guest (uncredited)
Don Terwilliger ...
Lecture Guest (uncredited)
Victor Toyota ...
Plane Passenger (uncredited)
Judith Woodbury ...
Club Patron (uncredited)

Directed by

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Mel Brooks

Written by

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Mel Brooks ... (written by) &
Ron Clark ... (written by) &
Rudy De Luca ... (written by) (as Rudy DeLuca) &
Barry Levinson ... (written by)

Produced by

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Mel Brooks ... producer

Music by

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John Morris ... (music composed by)

Cinematography by

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Paul Lohmann ... director of photography

Editing by

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John C. Howard ... (edited by)

Editorial Department

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Thomas G. Jingles ... apprentice editor
Mary Scott ... assistant editor

Production Design by

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Peter Wooley

Set Decoration by

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Richard D. Kent ... (as Richard Kent)
Anne MacCauley

Costume Design by

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Patricia Norris ... (costumes designed by)

Makeup Department

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Sugar Blymyer ... hairdresser
Terry Miles ... makeup
Linda Trainoff ... hairdresser
Thomas Tuttle ... makeup (as Tom Tuttle)

Production Management

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Ernest B. Wehmeyer ... production manager (as Ernest Wehmeyer)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Mark Johnson ... second assistant director
Jonathan Sanger ... assistant director
David Sosna ... second assistant director

Art Department

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Bill MacSems ... property master
Edward Richardson ... assistant art director
Hendrik Wynands ... construction coordinator
John Alvin ... poster artist (uncredited)
Claudia Gilligan Ivanjack ... painter (uncredited)
Benjamin Resella ... scenic effects supervisor (uncredited)
Robert Tanenbaum ... movie poster artist (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Gene S. Cantamessa ... production mixer (as Gene Cantamessa)
Michael Galloway ... sound recordist
Stephen Halbert ... Playback operator
William Hartman ... sound effects
Richard Portman ... re-recording mixer
Richard Sperber ... sound effects
Raul A. Bruce ... boom operator (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Jack Monroe ... special effects

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Albert Whitlock ... special visual effects (as Albert J. Whitlock)
Henry Schoessler ... matte crew (uncredited)

Stunts

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Jerry Brutsche ... stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Marion Ball Jr. ... grip
Edmond L. Koons ... camera operator (as Ed Koons)
Elliott Marks ... still photographer
J. Michael Marlett ... gaffer (as Michael J. Marlett)
Guy Polzel ... key grip
Mike Ferra ... first assistant camera (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Jered Green ... costumer
Wally Harton ... costumer
Nancy Martinelli ... costumer

Music Department

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Ralph Burns ... orchestrator
John R. Harris ... music editor
Jack Hayes ... orchestrator
John Morris ... conductor / orchestrator
Nathan Scott ... orchestrator
Dan Wallin ... scoring mixer (as Danny Wallin)
Malcolm McNab ... musician: trumpet (uncredited)
Uan Rasey ... musician: trumpet soloist (uncredited)
Louise Di Tullio ... musician: flute (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Marie Kenney ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Jerry F. Johnson ... transportation coordinator (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Roslyn Chaitoff ... assistant: to Mr. Brooks
Ron Clark ... production consultant
Stuart Cornfeld ... assistant to producer
Abe Glazer ... production accountant
Alan Ladd Jr. ... presenter
Harold Michelson ... continuity sequences
Ray Berwick ... bird trainer (uncredited)
Karl Mitchell ... pigeon trainer (uncredited)
Richard 'Bongo' Mitchell ... animal wrangler (uncredited)

Thanks

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Alfred Hitchcock ... dedicated to: the Master of Suspense
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Plot Summary

Dr. Richard Thorndyke arrives as new administrator of the Psychoneurotic Institute for the Very, VERY Nervous to discover some suspicious goings-on. When he's framed for murder, Dr. Thorndyke must confront his own psychiatric condition, "high anxiety," in order to clear his name. A homage to the films of Alfred Hitchcock; contains many parodies of famous Hitchcock scenes from THE BIRDS, PSYCHO, and VERTIGO. Written by Scott Renshaw

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Taglines The Master of Comedy takes on The Master of Suspense! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Le Grand Frisson (France)
  • Höhenkoller (Germany)
  • Máxima ansiedad (Spain)
  • Акрофобия (Bulgaria, Bulgarian title)
  • Страх висоти (Ukraine)
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Runtime
  • 94 min
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Box Office

Budget $4,015,000 (estimated)
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $1,256,806

Did You Know?

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Trivia During a special preview screening, Alfred Hitchcock's only criticism of the film to Mel Brooks was that in the shower scene, when the shower curtain is torn off the rail, they used 13 shower curtain rings, whereas in Psycho (1960), they used only 10. See more »
Goofs Toward the end of The Birds (1963) scene when Dr. Thorndyke is sitting in the gardener's shed being showered by the pigeons above him, one gob of the 'mayonnaise and spinach' mixture inexplicably enters the picture from the left and strikes him on his left shoulder. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into The Green Fog (2017). See more »
Soundtracks High Anxiety See more »
Crazy Credits Opening dedication: This film is dedicated to the Master of Suspense Alfred Hitchcock See more »
Quotes Nurse Diesel: Those who are tardy do not get fruit cup.
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