"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."
Mel Brooks
as Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke
Madeline Kahn
as Victoria Brisbane
Cloris Leachman
as Nurse Charlotte Diesel
Harvey Korman
as Dr. Charles Montague
Ron Carey
as Brophy
Howard Morris
as Professor Lilloman
Dick Van Patten
as Dr. Philip Wentworth
Jack Riley
as The Desk Clerk
Charlie Callas
as Cocker Spaniel
Ron Clark
as Zachary Cartwright III
Rudy De Luca
as 'Braces' - Killer
Barry Levinson
as Dennis - Bellboy
Lee Delano
as Norton
Albert Whitlock
as Arthur Brisbane
Billy Sands
as Customer
Richard Stahl
as Dr. Baxter
Robin Menken
as Cocktail Waitress
Darrell Zwerling
as Dr. Eckhardt
Murphy Dunne
as Piano Player
Al Hopson
as Man Who is Shot
Robert Ridgely
as Flasher
Pearl Shear
as Screaming Woman at Gate
Arnold Soboloff
as Dr. Colburn
Eddie Ryder
as Doctor at Convention
Sandy Helberg
as Airport Attendant
Fred Franklyn
as Man from Cincinnati in Piano Bar
Deborah Dawes
as Stewardess
Bernie Kuby
as Dr. Wilson
Ira Miller
as Psychiatrist with Children
Jimmy Martinez
as Waiter in Piano Bar
Beatrice Colen
as Maid in Hotel
Robert Manuel
as Policeman at Airport
Hunter von Leer
John Dennis
as Orderly
Frank Campanella
as Bartender
Henry Kaiser
as New Groom in Piano Bar
Bullets Durgom
as Man in Phone Booth
Joe Bellan
as Male Attendant
Mitchell Bock
as Bar Patron
Jay Burton
as Patient
Bryan Englund
as Orderly #2
Anne Macey
as Screaming Woman in Hotel
Alan U. Schwartz
as Psychiatrist
David Armstrong
as Club Patron (uncredited)
Charles Cirillo
as Commuter at Airport (uncredited)
Robert Cole
Paul DeCeglie
Fred Fisher
Michael Frost
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Laura Gile
Allan Graf
as Man Going Through Metal Detector (uncredited)
Bart Greene
as Lecture Guest (uncredited)
Robert Lussier
as Thorndyke's Father in Flashback (uncredited)
Norman Palmer
Arnold Roberts
George Simmons
Norman Stevans
Robert Strong
Victor Toyota
as Plane Passenger (uncredited)
Judith Woodbury
Writer
Sugar Blymyer
Hairdresser
Richard D. Kent
Set Decoration
Terry Miles
Makeup Artist
Thomas Tuttle
Anne MacCauley
Patricia Norris
Costume Design
Linda Trainoff
John C. Howard
Editor
John Morris
Original Music Composer
Director
Producer
Paul Lohmann
Director of Photography
Peter Wooley
Production Design
Hendrik Wynands
Construction Coordinator
Abe Glazer
Production Accountant
Alan Ladd Jr.
Presenter
David Sosna
Second Assistant Director
Jered Green
Costumer
Mark Johnson
Claudia Gilligan Ivanjack
Painter
Richard Portman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Guy Polzel
Key Grip
Ernest B. Wehmeyer
Production Manager
Henry Schoessler
Matte Painter
Jerry Brutsche
Stunts
Ralph Burns
Orchestrator
Mary Scott
Assistant Editor
Benjamin Resella
Scenic Artist
Jack Monroe
Special Effects
Visual Effects
Gene S. Cantamessa
Production Sound Mixer
Michael Galloway
Sound Recordist
William Hartman
Sound Effects
Edmond L. Koons
Camera Operator
Mike Ferra
First Assistant Camera
Wally Harton
Jack Hayes
Edward Richardson
Assistant Art Director
Raul A. Bruce
Boom Operator
J. Michael Marlett
Gaffer
Conductor
Uan Rasey
Musician
John R. Harris
Music Editor
Marie Kenney
Script Supervisor
Nathan Scott
Elliott Marks
Still Photographer
Louise Di Tullio
Jonathan Sanger
Assistant Director
Bill MacSems
Property Master
Richard Sperber
Dan Wallin
Scoring Mixer
Richard 'Bongo' Mitchell
Animal Wrangler
Marion Ball Jr.
Grip
Nancy Martinelli
Jerry F. Johnson
Transportation Coordinator
Songs