---
title: 'Delirious (1991)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Tom Mankiewicz'
released: '1991-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 96
genres:
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/delirious-1991'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101701/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Delirious (1991)

1991 · 96 min · Fantasy, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Delirious is a 1991 American romantic fantasy comedy film directed by Tom Mankiewicz, written by Lawrence J. Cohen and Fred Freeman, and starring John Candy, Mariel Hemingway, Emma Samms, Raymond Burr, David Rasche, Dylan Baker, and Charles Rocket. It tells the story of the lead soap opera writer who hits his head, finds himself in the setting of the soap opera he works on, and anything he types on his typewriter happens. The film used Prince's 1982 song as its title theme.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Tom Mankiewicz](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-mankiewicz)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Cliff Eidelman](https://cinepixo.com/people/cliff-eidelman)
- **Producer:** [Larry Cohen](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-cohen)
- **Director of Photography:** [Robert M. Stevens](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-m-stevens)

## Cast

- [Marvin Kaplan](https://cinepixo.com/people/marvin-kaplan)
- [Jerry Orbach](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerry-orbach)
- [Raymond Burr](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymond-burr)
- [John Candy](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-candy)
- [David Rasche](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-rasche)
- [Charles Rocket](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-rocket)
- [Zach Grenier](https://cinepixo.com/people/zach-grenier)
- [John Michael Bolger](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-michael-bolger)
- [Margot Kidder](https://cinepixo.com/people/margot-kidder)
- [Emma Samms](https://cinepixo.com/people/emma-samms)
- [Dylan Baker](https://cinepixo.com/people/dylan-baker)
- [Mark Boone Junior](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-boone-junior)
- [Robert Wagner](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-wagner)
- [Renée Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/renee-taylor)
- [Mariel Hemingway](https://cinepixo.com/people/mariel-hemingway)

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