Main Cast: Richard Pryor, Rachel Ticotin, Rubén Blades, Joe Mantegna, Bob Dishy
Release Year: 1986
Country: US
Run Time: 99 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
When a small-time businessman (Richard Pryor) needs a loan, he goes to a loan shark and ends up in jail on false pretenses. After feigning madness to get out, he is tossed into the mental ward of a hospital. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide
Sylvia Miles - Maggie; Joe Dallesandro - Stucky; Randall "Tex" Cobb - Box; Bob Saget - Dr. Joffe; Garrett Morris - Helicopter Junkie; Elizabeth Arlen - E.R. Nurse; Joe Aufiery - Prosecutor; Steve Boles - Guard; Kevin Campbell - Psycho Patient; Jude Ciccolella - Jack Kinney; Jack Hallett - Psycho Nurse; Lee Lawrence - Porno Shop Cop; Feiga Martinez - E.R. Nurse; Kate McGregor-Stewart - Nurse Mary; Michael Medeiros - Junkie; Bennie Moore - Guard; Jeffrey Pillars - Correction Officer; Jon Polito - Kline; Joe Ragno - Palazzi; Wesley Snipes - Ambulance Driver; Brian Tarantina - Tommy Pinto; Lou Walker - Patient with Leg Cast; Ralf Bode - Judge; Denis Hamill - Maintenance Man; John Hamill - Maintenance Man; Laura Bastianelli - Porno Shop Cop; Miriam Cruz - Hispanic Woman; Randell Haynes - Jackson; Lucius Houghton - Fido; Raymond Rosario - Boy in Waiting Room; Al White - Reggie; Margery Simkin
Credit
Eric Lerner - Associate Producer, Margery Simkin - Casting, Colleen Atwood - Costume Designer, Robert V. Girolami - First Assistant Director, Michael Apted - Director, Robert Lambert - Editor, Alan Silvestri - Composer (Music Score), John J. Lloyd - Production Designer, Ralf Bode - Cinematographer, Robert W. Cort - Producer, Ted Field - Producer, Robert Larson - Producer, George R. Nelson - Set Designer, Willie D. Burton - Sound/Sound Designer, Denis Hamill - Screen Story, John Hamill - Screen Story, Alan Swyer - Screen Story, Lowell Ganz - Screenwriter, Denis Hamill - Screenwriter, John Hamill - Screenwriter, Christopher Thompson - Screenwriter
Critical Condition is a 1987comedyfilm starring Richard Pryor. Pryor plays Kevin Lenahan, a con man who is framed in a jewel robbery. In order to escape custody, he poses as surgeon Dr. Edward Slattery at a local hospital.
Actor Wesley Snipes has small role as an ambulance driver.