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Doctor Detroit is a 1983 American comedy movie directed by Michael Pressman and stars Dan Aykroyd, Howard Hesseman, Lynn Whitfield, Fran Drescher, Donna Dixon. It was the first Dan Aykroyd worked following the death of his friend John Belushi and was distributed by Universal Pictures.
Clifford Skridlow is a literature professor at Monroe College in Chicago. His father is the college's president. Clifford teaches a course about chivalry in literature.
One day, Skridlow meets four women who turn out to be prostitutes. Their pimp, Smooth Walker, owes a large amount of money to Mom, the head of the city's crime organization. To avoid his debt, Smooth invents a fictional business partner named Doctor Detroit.
Because of a series of misunderstandings, Skridlow is mistaken for Doctor Detroit. He becomes involved in the city's criminal underworld and eventually fights against the organization led by Mom. At the same time, he tries to hide his activities from his parents.
