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Dan Aykroyd, Howard Hesseman, T.K. Carter, Donna Dixon, Lynn Whitfield ... see more see more... , Lydia Lei , Fran Drescher , Kate Murtagh , George Furth , Nan Martin , Andrew Duggan , James Brown , Parley Baer , Lynda Aldon , Cheryl Carter , Oliver Clark , Robert Cornthwaite , Blackie Dammett , Ben Frommer , Michael G. Hagerty , Glenne Headly , Carlton Johnson , John Kapelos , Lance Kinsey , Ben Kronen , Toni Naples , Diane Robin , Hank Salas , James Spinks , Robert Swan , Steven Williams , Peter Aykroyd , Phillip Borsos , Jim Brown , Sue Bowser , Derrick Brice , Peter Elbing , Vincent J. Isaac , Thomas O. Erhart Jr. , Keny Long , Frank G. Rice

A college professor named Clifford Skridlow (Dan Aykroyd goes undercover as a Chicago pimp disguised by a bushy wig in this comedy from director Michael Pressman. When Smooth Walker (Howard Hesseman g... read more read more...ets hunted by his gangster rival, Mom (Kate Murtagh), he foists his bevy of hookers on the professor. Among the four hookers who are suddenly in his undercover life are Fran Drescher in an early role as an archetypal Jewish princess, and Donna Dixon as another of the high-class call-girls (Dixon and Aykroyd were later married). ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 31 min.

Directed by: Michael Pressman

Release Date: May 6, 1983

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DVD Release Date: September 13, 2005

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  • December 15, 2007
    Hilarious!
  • June 25, 2011
    For a short period of time in the early 1980s someone gave Dan aykroyd free reign to mass produce silly and idiotic comedies like this. Kind of like how Adam Sandler has it now only less funny. One good thing did come of this film. Aykroyd met his future wife Donna Dixon which ST... read moreILL BOGGLES MY MIND. And oh yeah, this comedy is awful. Avoid. Seriously. Like Anthrax.
  • July 7, 2007
    Dan Aykroyd in truly rare form. I haven't seen this film in years, but I remember it as one of my favorites from that time period.
  • June 19, 2007
    This was the first movie I ever seen at a Drive in Theater and it's been one of my all time favorites.
  • April 7, 2007
    This is about as cool as it gets, old school..LOL.. funny and nostalgic.
    The Godfather of soul, the funky man himself, JAMES BROWN, does his J>B> "thing" and it is bad-ass. SEE it,people.
  • December 17, 2006
    3 stars for having "Detroit" in the title (my hometown) other than that this movie sucked. Young Fran Dresher is kinda hot
  • October 12, 2006
    The modern Jeckel & Hyde movie of the college professor / pimp who with a bevy of lovely ladies that surround him and try to protect him from the evil Mom pimp.

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Scott Weinberg
September 24, 2005
Scott Weinberg, DVDTalk.com

There's no sense of momentum, structure, or escalating comedic craziness; it's is like a feature-length SNL skit, and it's the sort they'd air right before the end credits. Full Review

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
August 19, 2004
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

A sassy comic tale about transformation. Full Review

Roger Ebert
October 23, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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Vincent Canby
August 30, 2004
Vincent Canby, New York Times

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Emanuel Levy
September 25, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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