Alta tensione

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 Alta tensione 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.

Alta tensione was released in 1977 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 94 minutes.