A patient in an hospital dies under mysterious circumstances. The attending doctor Frank Holt gets under suspect - he'd been fired already from his last position due to malpractice. For his defense he investigates with help of doctor Anna Lang. Soon they find out that half of their colleagues were betting on the patient's diagnosis - was someone trying to increase his chances? But when Frank's friend, dissector Mary Connor, becomes deadly sick, he suspects there's even more to it.
Acting
David McCallum's deliciously shady Dr. Dodson steals every scene.
Production
Grimy hospital locations that reek of authentic 80s medical anxiety.
Director
Sheldon Larry
Joe Spano
Dr. Frank Holt
Diane Venora
Anna Lang
David McCallum
Dr. Giles Dodson
Robert Joy
Dr. Harvey Rimmer
Don Francks
Chauncy Rand
Nicholas Campbell
Henderson
Ellen Barkin
Mary O'Connor
Chapelle Jaffe
Mrs. Dodson
Clare Coulter
Nurse Barton
James Kidnie
Dr. Kline
Teri Austin
Lylah Crane
Sandee Currie
Nurse Tipton
Lynda Mason Green
Hooker
Heidi von Palleske
Student Nurse
Caroline Yeager
Nurse
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Sheldon Larry was primarily a TV director; this was his only theatrical feature, shot in Toronto doubling for a generic American city.
The film channels genuine 1980s fears about for-profit medicine and HMO scandals, making its paranoid premise weirdly prescient.
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