Le Grand Frisson

San Francisco. Foghorns. A skyward glance. Doctor Thorndyke, vertiginous shrink, arrives to helm an asylum rife with oddballs and furtive staff. Something rotten in the state of California. Brooks throws a Hitchcock party, and everyone's invited.

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Mel Brooks directed Le Grand Frisson in 1977. See Mel Brooks's full filmography, where to start with Mel Brooks, or where to go after you've seen everything by Mel Brooks.

Le Grand Frisson was released in 1977 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 94 minutes.