Main Cast: Eric Roberts, James Earl Jones, Red Buttons, Megan Gallagher, Janine Turner
Release Year: 1990
Country: US
Run Time: 95 minutes
Plot
This paranoid thriller begins as Eric Roberts' girlfriend (Janine Turner) is taken away in an ambulance and he can't find her. She's been taken prisoner by Eric Braeden, a crazed doctor who kidnaps people and sells their bodies for spare parts. Roberts hooks up with pretty cop Megan Gallagher to solve the mystery. A campy, action-packed thriller from cult director Larry Cohen (It's Alive), The Ambulance features a cameo by Marvel Comics prez Stan Lee and lots of tongue-in-cheek humor. It's as quirky as Cohen's other genre forays, and is entertaining enough for a rainy day rental, with clever photography by Jacques Haitkin and a tense score by Jay Chattaway. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
Eric Braeden - The Doctor; Jill Gatsby - Jerilyn; Richard Bright - Detective McClosky; Stan Lee - Marvel Comics Editor; Nick Chinlund; Laurene Landon - Patty; Susan Blommaert - Hospital Receptionist; Gene Canfield - Bouncer; Daniel Chapman - Paramedic #1; Joe Cirillo - 1st Cop; Rony Clanton - Vendor; Gary Clark - Attendant #2; Jordan Derwin - Hospital Official; Kevin Hagen - Cop at Stables; Deborah Hedwall - Nurse Feinstein; Michael O'Hare - Hal; Joe Pentangelo - 2nd Cop; Illana Shoshan - Disco Lady; Beatrice Winde - Head Nurse; James Dixon; Edgard Mourino - Pump House Supervisor; Max Raven - Hospital Nurse; Donna Evans - Witness; Cynthia Costas - Cynthia from Chicago; Kevin Dornan - Cartoonist; Janelle Webb - Nurse Carter
Credit
Nancy Deren - Art Director, Sylvia Vega-Vasquez - Costume Designer, Larry Cohen - Director, Claudia Finkle - Editor, Armond Leibowitz - Editor, Jay Chattaway - Composer (Music Score), Lester Cohen - Production Designer, Jacques Haitkin - Cinematographer, Moctesuma Esparza - Producer, Robert Katz - Producer, Jessica Lanier - Set Designer, Hugh A. O'Brien - Stunts, Larry Cohen - Screenwriter
