Plot & Details
The eponymous team consists of four residents of a New Jersey psychiatric hospital: ex-postal worker Henry Sikorsky (Christopher Lloyd), who fancies himself a doctor; one-time ad agency exec Jack McDermott (Peter Boyle), suffering from a Messiah/martyr complex; writer Billy Caulfield (Michael Keaton), who cannot abide the "idiots" in the world (namely, everyone but himself); and TV-obsessed Albert Ianuzzi (Stephen Furst). Permitted a field trip to a baseball game, the four unfortunates wander off when psychiatrist Dr. Weitzman (Dennis Boutsikaris) is waylaid by two corrupt police officers after he witnesses them killing a third cop. The innocent inmates are accused of attacking Dr. Weitzman, but it is they who team up to bring the actual culprits to justice.
- Genre(s): Comedy
- Run Time: 120min.
- Theatrical Release Date: 04/07/1989
- DVD Release Date: 07/01/2003
- Distributor(s): Universal
- Director(s): Howard Zieff
- Starring: Michael Keaton , Christopher Lloyd , Peter Boyle , Stephen Furst , Dennis Boutsikaris
- Themes: Fish Out of Water,Saintly Fools,Unlikely Heroes
- Tone: Humorous,Satirical,Silly
- Keywords: asylum [mental hospital],captive,captor,escape,field-trip,frame-up,friendship,killing,mental-illness,mental-institution,on-the-run,patient [medical],psychiatrist,separation,therapist
- Country of Origin: USA (04-07-1989)
- Language: English
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