Bob Ridgely

High Anxiety is Mel Brooks' renowned spoof of over ten Alfred Hitchcock classics, including Psycho, Vertigo, and The Birds. After a Harvard psychiatrist (Brooks) takes over the Psycho-Neurotic Institute for the Very, Very Nervous, he realizes his predecessor died under suspicious circumstances. When events take a murderous turn, he is accused of the crime and left with a full blown case of "High Anxiety." Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman and Cloris Leachman co-star in this hilarious parody.

Psychiatric administrator Dr. Thorndyke finds some bizarre shenanigans occurring at the Psychoneurotic Institute for the Very, Very Nervous. But when he's framed for murder, Dr. Thorndyke must confront his own neurotic demons to clear his name.

Borrowing liberally from ten Hitchcock films, Mel Brooks takes the case of a paranoid doctor with high anxiety (fear of heights) on the hunt for a mysterious blonde's father.?

Borrowing liberally from ten Hitchcock films, Mel Brooks takes the case of a paranoid doctor with high anxiety (fear of heights) on the hunt for a mysterious blonde's father.?

Mel Brooks' renowned spoof of the most famous Hitchcockian classics - Vertigo, The Birds, Psycho, and Spellbound - is one of his most outrageous comedy classics. After a Harvard psychiatrist (Brooks) takes over the Psycho-Neurotic Institute for the Very, Very Nervous, he realizes his predecessor died under suspicious circumstances. When events take a murderous turn, he is accused of the crime and left with a full blown case of "High Anxiety." Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman and Cloris Leachman co-star in this hilarious parody.