High Anxiety

1977 · 94 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 24,511 VOTES · DIR. Mel Brooks

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Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,031 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:39 The captain has turned on the No Smoking sign.
00:06:39 I'll save us a little time.
00:10:05 Allow me to introduce Nurse Diesel, my right-hand man. Woman.
00:13:10 I've been meaning to, but I've been so busy unpacking I haven't had a chance.
00:17:37 Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke.
00:20:42 Is everything all right in there? Nurse Diesel! Are you all right?
00:24:19 Tell me, do you know why you're here at the Institute?
00:27:13 I'd like to meet him.
00:30:33 Richard? Falling, Mamma.
00:34:28 No one is quitting. Do you hear me?
00:40:20 I'm sorry, we can't do a thing about it today. We're all booked up.
00:45:43 That kid gets no tip.
00:48:56 Fine. Later at the bar, that's perfect.
00:51:58 May I ask you a question? Certainly.
00:54:55 There are certain names that you just don't hear very often these days.
00:57:26 Ease up on the linguine.
01:00:06 He won't go to the police if he can't go to the police.
01:06:20 I don't know what to believe or not to believe.
01:09:42 That negative has been on the front page of every newspaper in San Francisco.
01:14:33 ...and that it might be you and he was enlarging it until he was certain.
01:17:28 Come on. Don't push.
01:20:14 According to Montague, the poor chap had a mental breakdown.
01:24:28 Shut him up!
01:30:10 Ripped by thewildbunch22

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,031
Dialogue density11.0 lines / min
First line00:00:39
Final line01:30:10

Production Record

DirectorMel Brooks
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4,015,000
Revenue$31,063,038
IMDb votes24,511