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High Anxiety (1977)

Mel Brooks pays comedic tribute to Alfred Hitchcock, but those unfamiliar with the Master of Suspense’s output need not apply... I can’t remember many laughs that didn’t spring from a Hitchcock reference of some kind. Indeed, whole chunks pass by without a laugh. At other times, bits that are clearly meant to be funny just don’t hit home, while some gags are almost reassuringly familiar

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