The Man with Two Brains (1983)

93 min · Romantic Comedy, Sitcom, comedy film, comedy horror, horror film, parody film, science fiction comedy, science fiction film

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Directors

Carl Reiner

Cast

Steve Martin, Kathleen Turner, David Warner, Paul Benedict, Richard Brestoff, Peter Hobbs, James Cromwell, George Furth, Earl Boen

The story

Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr, a widowed brain surgeon, is renowned for inventing a method of "cranial screw-top" brain surgery. He saves the life of Dolores Benedict, a gold-digging femme fatale who is accidentally run over by Michael when fleeing the scene of her latest husband's fatal coronary, caused by her malicious mind-games and scheming.

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1980s, Arranged Marriage, Frauenmörder, Hirn, Hochzeit, Hospital, Husband Wife Relationship, Just Married, Liebeschaos, Love of One's Life, Lovestory, Man looking for Wife, Marriage, Marriage Contract, Medic, Murder of Wife, Murderer, Neurologie, Pärchen, Stadt Wien, Surgeon, Syringe, Wedding Night, Parody, Romantic comedy, Science Fiction, Horror, Satire, Comedy, Romance Film

Genres

Romantic Comedy, Sitcom, comedy film, comedy horror, horror film, parody film, science fiction comedy, science fiction film

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