Bad Medicine
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Plot
A couple of med-school wannabes (Steve Guttenburg and Julie Hagerty) can't get admitted to any U.S. medical schools so they end up in a small Central American school run by a dictator director (Alan Arkin). When the students become aware of the medical needs of the local peasants, they swipe drugs and pills from their college lab and set up an underground clinic to serve the needy. ~ RoviCast
- Steve Guttenberg - Jeff Marx
- Alan Arkin - Dr. Ramon Madera
- Julie Hagerty - Liz Parker
- Bill Macy - Dr. Gerald Marx
- Curtis Armstrong - Dennis Gladstone
Credit
Martin Diaz - Costume Designer, Na Maria Infante - Costume Designer, Rita Riggs - Costume Designer, Harvey Miller - Director, O. Nicholas Brown - Editor, John Jympson - Editor, Keith Palmer - Editor, Lalo Schifrin - Composer (Music Score), La Bonita Noche - Songwriter, Harvey Miller - Songwriter, Paquita Guillot - Makeup, Miguel Sese - Makeup, Leslie Dilley - Production Designer, Kelvin Pike - Cinematographer, Jeffrey Ganz - Producer, Michael Jaffe - Producer, Sam Manners - Producer, Arlene Sellers - Producer, Alex Winitsky - Producer, Ian Whittaker - Set Designer, Harvey Miller - Screenwriter, Steven Horowitz - Book Author, Neil Offen - Book Author| Bad Meat (2003 Film), Bad Manners: Don't Knock the Bald Heads (Film) | |
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Bad Medicine (film)
| Bad Medicine | |
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 Promotional movie poster for the film |
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| Directed by | Harvey Miller |
| Produced by | Arlene Sellers Alex Winitsky |
| Written by | Harvey Miller |
| Starring | Steve Guttenberg Alan Arkin Julie Hagerty Curtis Armstrong Robert Romanus |
| Music by | Lalo Schifrin |
| Cinematography | Kelvin Pike |
| Editing by | O. Nicholas Brown John Jympson Keith Palmer |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | November 22, 1985 |
| Running time | 98 min. |
| Country | US |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2,685,453 (USA) (sub-total) |
Bad Medicine is a 1985 comedy film starring Steve Guttenberg, Alan Arkin, and Julie Hagerty. The film was written and directed by Harvey Miller, and was based on the novel Calling Dr. Horowitz, by Steven Horowitz, MD and Neil Offen.
The film was criticized for its negative ethnic stereotypes. Although the film is set "Somewhere in Central America," it was filmed entirely in Spain. It was released by 20th Century Fox, and was one of three 1985 films to feature Hagerty in a starring role, the others being Lost in America and Goodbye, New York.
Plot
Below-average pre-medical student Jeffrey Marx (Guttenberg), after being rejected by prestigious medical schools, is sent by his father (Bill Macy) to a seemingly sub-standard medical school in Central America. Jeffrey eventually discovers the plight of local villagers in need of medical assistance. With the help of fellow students (including romantic interest Hagerty), he illegally provides medical services to the villagers. Eventually, the school's authoritarian dean (Arkin) discovers the students' activities and decides to prosecute. However, the dean dismisses the charges at the urging of the villagers.
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