YOUNG DOCTORS IN LOVE (1982)
MORGAN'S RATING
COMING SOON
An Airplane!-style spoof of hospital soap operas: a brilliant young trainee can't stand the sight of blood; a doctor romances the head nurse in order to get the key to the drugs cabinet; there's a mafiaso on the loose disguised as a women--in other words all the usual ingredients present and correct, though in this case the laughs are intentional.
Sean Young (Dr. Stephanie Brody), Michael McKean (Dr. Simon August), Gary Friedkin (Dr. Milton Chamberlain), Kyle T. Heffner (Dr. Charles Litto), Rick Overton (Dr. Thurman Flicker), Crystal Bernard (Julie), Ted McGinley (Dr. Bucky DeVol), Saul Rubinek (Floyd Kurtzman), Harry Dean Stanton (Dr. Oliver Ludwig), Pamela Reed (Nurse Norine Sprockett), Taylor Negron (Dr. Phil Burns), Patrick Collins (Dr. Walter Rist), Dabney Coleman (Dr. Joseph Prang), Titos Vandis (Sal Bonafetti), Michael Richards (Malamud), Hector Elizondo (Angelo/Angela Bonafetti), Patrick Macnee (Jacobs), Haunani Minn (Chang), Becky Gonzalez (Perez), Lynne Marie Stewart (Thatcher), Esther Sutherland (Willa Mae), Ann Washington (Annie), Hillary Horan (Theresa), Coleen Maloney (Jones), Frank Pesce (Rocco), Billie Bird (Flower Lady) Janine Turner (Cameo Appearance), Stuart Charno (Warren the Orderly), Frank Campanella (Young Simon's Grandfather), Ed Begley Jr. (Young Simon's Father), Richard Dean Anderson (Drug Dealer, uncredited), Cynthia Geary (Girl with Broken Nose, uncredited), Demi Moore (New Intern, uncredited).
A POWERFUL PRESCRIPTION FOR TERMINAL LAUGHTER!
FACTS PRODUCTION INFORMATION
- A voice in the background can be heard paging "Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard", a reference to The Three Stooges, who used this call in several of their films, the first being Men in Black (1934). DIRECTOR: Garry Marshall.
WRITERS: Michael Elias and Rich Eustis.
PRODUCER: Jerry Bruckheimer.
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS: Nick Abdo and Jeffrey Ganz.
- KISS lead singer Paul Stanley filmed a scene in full KISS makeup in which he portrays a singer who is brought into the emergency room because had had swallowed a microphone. The scene was filmed, but cut from the movie.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Garry Marshall.
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Maurice Jarre.
DISTRIBUTOR: 20th Century Fox
CRITICAL COMMENT
QUOTE
"Hospital comedy has plenty of scattershot gags, but not enough laughs--and certainly not enough substance--to maintain a feature film." -- Leonard Maltin
P.A. announcement: Due to a mix up in urology, there will be no apple juice served today.
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