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Bad Medicine (1985) -- Unable to gain acceptance into an American medical school, aspiring physician Jeff Marx studies abroad in a small Latin American medical program run by the country's dictator.

Overview

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Director:

Harvey Miller

Writers:

Steven Horowitz (novel) and
Neil Offen (novel) ...
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Release Date:

22 November 1985 (USA) more

Genre:

Comedy more

Tagline:

An inside look at the best student in the world's worst medical school. more

Plot:

Jeff Marx wants to study medicine and become a physician. However, his grades are far from enough to get him into an American medical school... more | add synopsis

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User Comments:

A laughless film that tries to call itself a comedy more (11 total)


Cast

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Steve Guttenberg ... Jeff Marx

Alan Arkin ... Dr. Ramón Madera
Julie Hagerty ... Liz Parker
Bill Macy ... Dr. Gerald Marx

Curtis Armstrong ... Dennis Gladstone
Julie Kavner ... Cookie Katz

Joe Grifasi ... Gómez

Robert Romanus ... Carlos

Taylor Negron ... Pepe the Cab Driver

Candi Milo ... María Morales
Gilbert Gottfried ... Tony Sandoval
Arturo Venegas ... Jesús the Gunman
Arne Gordon ... Bruno the Witch Doctor
Manuel Pereiro ... Dr. Miguel Cervantes
Eileen Way ... Sra. Madera, Ramon's Mother
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Additional Details

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Norway:15 | USA:PG-13 | Iceland:L

Filming Locations:

Spain

Company:

Lantana more


Fun Stuff

Soundtrack:

MADERA, MADERA more


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A laughless film that tries to call itself a comedy, 26 October 2002
Author: soranno from Las Vegas, Nevada

Steve Guttenberg, the comedic actor who hammed it up with such goofball roles in films like "Police Academy", "Short Circuit" and "Three Men And A Baby" has the lead in one of his few non-series films. Whew. It's a very good thing that a film this bad wasn't reduced to making sequels. One is bad enough.

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