The Couch Trip
A comedy of truly loony proportions.
1988 | 97m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Michael Ritchie |
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| Writer: | Steven Kampmann, Ken Kolb, William Porter |
| Staring: |
| The escaped delinquent John W. Burns, Jr. replaces Dr. Maitlin on a radio show, saying he's the psychiatrist Lawrence Baird. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 15, 1988 |
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| Director: | Michael Ritchie |
| Writer: | Steven Kampmann, Ken Kolb, William Porter |
| Genres: | Comedy |
| Keywords | |
| Production Companies | Orion Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Dan Aykroyd | John W. Burns, Jr. |
| Walter Matthau | Donald Becker |
| Charles Grodin | George Matlin |
| Donna Dixon | Laura Rollins |
| Richard Romanus | Harvey Michaels |
| Mary Gross | Vera Maitlin |
| David Clennon | Lawrence Baird |
| Arye Gross | Perry Kovin |
| Victoria Jackson | Robin |
| Michael DeLorenzo | Lopez |
| Mickey Jones | Watkins |
| J.E. Freeman | Unger |
| David Wohl | Dr. Smet |
| Michael Ensign | Hendricks |
| Carol Mansell | Mrs. Blair |
| Robert Hirschfeld | Night Watchman |
| Charles Levin | TV Reporter |
| Kevin Rooney | Cop at Hollywood Sign |
| Myrna White | Policewoman |
| Scott Thomson | Klevin |
| Tony Rolon | Bellperson |
| Scott Weintraub | Continental Agent |
| Donna Mitchell | Stewardess |
| Linda Favila | Maitlin's Secretary |
| David Grant Hayward | Waiter (London) |
| Jonathan Emerson | Hendrick's Assistant |
| Beverly Archer | Mrs. Guber |
| Gloria Dorson | Ida V.O. |
| Jerry Belson | Yuri V.O. |
| Charles Sweigart | Cop #1 |
| Susan Kellermann | Woman on Bus |
| Don Stark | Peterson |
| Benbow Ritchie | Man at Baseball Game #1 |
| Jack Ritchie | Man at Baseball Game #2 |
| Jean Sterling | Woman at Baseball Game |
| Susan Benn | Woman at Party |
| Jan Cobler | Woman at Party |
| Adrian Aron | Woman at Party |
| Ralph Adano | Man at Party |
| Robert Dawson | Man at Party |
| June Claman | Lady at Riviera |
| Michael Gregory | Security at Riviera |
| John Sinclair | Clerk #1 in London |
| Kenneth Danziger | Clerk #2 in London |
| Corey Rand | Airline Clerk |
| John Mahon | Police Captain |
| John D. LeMay | Dr. Smet's Resident |
| Neal Kaz | Cop #2 in Maitlin's Office |
| Tino Insana | Jail Guard #1 |
| Duane Tucker | Guard in Squad Car |
| Rick Garcia | Bellperson #2 |
| Chevy Chase | Condom Father |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Michael Ritchie | Director |
| Steven Kampmann | Writer |
| Donald E. Thorin | Director of Photography |
| Michel Colombier | Original Music Composer |
| Ken Kolb | Novel |
| William Porter | Writer |
| Richard A. Harris | Editor |
| James Winburn | Stunts |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Lawrence Gordon | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 7 |
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"The Couch Trip" is a film where the comedy truly works and it is highly amusing to watch Dan Aykroyd masquerading as Doctor Baird and brazenly hosting Doctor Maitlin's staid phone-in radio show in his own inimitable way - it is almost like watching Ken Kesey's enduring character Randal P. McMurphy ... let loose on a much broader canvas than the one afforded to him by a mere unauthorised fishing trip on board a yacht. This film also seems to have an inexhaustible number of places to go and by God it insists upon dragging us all along to those places as Burns gleefully swears on the radio and successfully prices himself into the higher echelons of the top salary bracket, but above all this it is a thoroughly entertaining and well engineered film which never really loses any of its enthusiastic momentum until the very end and this is vitally important especially for a comedy.