---
title: 'Doctor Detroit (1983)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Michael Pressman'
released: '1983-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/doctor-detroit-1983'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085450/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Doctor Detroit (1983)

1983 · 90 min · Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

Doctor Detroit is a 1983 American comedy film directed by Michael Pressman with writing by Bruce Jay Friedman, Carl Gottlieb, and Robert Boris. The film stars Dan Aykroyd, Howard Hesseman, Lynn Whitfield, Fran Drescher, and Donna Dixon, with a special appearance by James Brown. It was the first film Aykroyd made after the death of John Belushi, and the first one in which he is not sharing top bill with other actors. Aykroyd and his co-star Dixon married soon after the film's release.

## Credits

- **Original Music Composer:** [James Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-brown-2)
- **Director:** [Michael Pressman](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-pressman)
- **Screenplay:** [Carl Gottlieb](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-gottlieb)
- **Producer:** [Robert K. Weiss](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-k-weiss)
- **Director of Photography:** [King Baggot](https://cinepixo.com/people/king-baggot-2)
- **Editor:** [Christopher Greenbury](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-greenbury)

## Cast

- [Donna Dixon](https://cinepixo.com/people/donna-dixon)
- [T. K. Carter](https://cinepixo.com/people/t-k-carter)
- [Howard Hesseman](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-hesseman)
- [Fran Drescher](https://cinepixo.com/people/fran-drescher)
- [Dan Aykroyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-aykroyd)
- [Kate Murtagh](https://cinepixo.com/people/kate-murtagh)
- [Nan Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/nan-martin)
- [John Kapelos](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-kapelos)
- [Steven Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/steven-williams)
- [Andrew Duggan](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-duggan)
- [Glenne Headly](https://cinepixo.com/people/glenne-headly)
- [George Furth](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-furth)
- [Parley Baer](https://cinepixo.com/people/parley-baer)
- [Robert Cornthwaite](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-cornthwaite)
- [Lynn Whitfield](https://cinepixo.com/people/lynn-whitfield)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/doctor-detroit-1983
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