Movie Cosmos - The Couch Trip

Description:

The escaped mental patient and delinquent John W. Burns Jr. replaces Dr. Maitlin on a radio show, saying he's the psychiatrist Lawrence Baird.

Top Cast >

Dan Aykroyd

As John W. Burns, Jr.

Walter Matthau

As Donald Becker

Charles Grodin

As George Matlin

Donna Dixon

As Laura Rollins

Richard Romanus

As Harvey Michaels

Mary Gross

As Vera Maitlin

David Clennon

As Lawrence Baird

Arye Gross

As Perry Kovin

Victoria Jackson

As Robin

Michael DeLorenzo

As Lopez

Mickey Jones

As Watkins

J.E. Freeman

As Unger

David Wohl

As Dr. Smet

Michael Ensign

As Hendricks

Carol Mansell

As Mrs. Blair

Robert Hirschfeld

As Night Watchman

Charles Levin

As TV Reporter

Kevin Rooney

As Cop at Hollywood Sign

Myrna White

As Policewoman

Scott Thomson

As Klevin

Tony Rolon

As Bellperson

Scott Weintraub

As Continental Agent

Donna Mitchell

As Stewardess

Linda Favila

As Maitlin's Secretary

David Grant Hayward

As Waiter (London)

Jonathan Emerson

As Hendrick's Assistant

Beverly Archer

As Mrs. Guber

Gloria Dorson

As Ida V.O.

Jerry Belson

As Yuri V.O.

Charles Sweigart

As Cop #1

Susan Kellermann

As Woman on Bus

Don Stark

As Peterson

Benbow Ritchie

As Man at Baseball Game #1

Jack Ritchie

As Man at Baseball Game #2

Jean Sterling

As Woman at Baseball Game

Susan Benn

As Woman at Party

Jan Cobler

As Woman at Party

Adrian Aron

As Woman at Party

Ralph Adano

As Man at Party

Robert Dawson

As Man at Party

June Claman

As Lady at Riviera

Michael Gregory

As Security at Riviera

John Sinclair

As Clerk #1 in London

Kenneth Danziger

As Clerk #2 in London

Corey Rand

As Airline Clerk

John Mahon

As Police Captain

John D. LeMay

As Dr. Smet's Resident

Neal Kaz

As Cop #2 in Maitlin's Office

Tino Insana

As Jail Guard #1

Duane Tucker

As Guard in Squad Car

Rick Garcia

As Bellperson #2

Chevy Chase

As Condom Father

Top Crew >

Michael Ritchie

Director

Ken Kolb

Novel

Steven Kampmann

Writer

James Winburn

Stunts

Donald E. Thorin

Director of Photography

Michel Colombier

Original Music Composer

William Porter

Writer

Lawrence Gordon

Producer

Richard A. Harris

Editor

Reviews:

kevin2019 (10/10)

"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.

2024-02-28