"St. Elsewhere" A Moon for the Misbegotten (1987)

Director:

Mark Tinker

Writers:

Joshua Brand (creator)
John Falsey (creator)
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TV Series:

"St. Elsewhere" (1982)

Original Air Date:

30 September 1987 (Season 6, Episode 3)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Fed up with the changes imposed by the hospital's new owners, Dr. Westphall resigns from St. Eligius. As he quits, he moons Dr. Gideon. |

Plot Keywords:

Hospital | Boston Massachusetts | Black Comedy | Emergency Room | Cancer

Cast

Ed Flanders	...	Dr. Donald Westphall
William Daniels	...	Dr. Mark Craig
Norman Lloyd	...	Dr. Daniel Auschlander
Ronny Cox	...	Dr. John Gideon
Bonnie Bartlett	...	Ellen Craig
Ed Begley Jr.	...	Dr. Victor Ehrlich
Stephen Furst	...	Dr. Elliot Axelrod
Bruce Greenwood	...	Dr. Seth Griffin
Eric Laneuville	...	Luther Hawkins
Sagan Lewis	...	Dr. Jacqueline Wade
Howie Mandel	...	Dr. Wayne Fiscus
David Morse	...	Dr. Jack Morrison
France Nuyen	...	Dr. Paulette Kiem
Cindy Pickett	...	Dr. Carol Novino
Christina Pickles	...	Nurse Helen Rosenthal
Jennifer Savidge	...	Nurse Lucy Papandrao
Denzel Washington	...	Dr. Philip Chandler
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gregg Berger	...	Dr. Van Werner
John Scott Clough	...	Kevin O'Casey
Bert Conway	...	Old Man
Deborah Harmon	...	Sally
Lainie Kazan	...	Mrs. Fiscus
Richard Kline	...	Michael
Dennis Patrick	...	Mr. Collins
Kyle Secor	...	Brett Johnston
Bill Zuckert	...	Len Druzwicki

Directed by
Mark Tinker

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Joshua Brand		creator
John Falsey		creator
Tom Fontana		story
Tom Fontana		teleplay
Channing Gibson		story
John Masius		developer
John Tinker		story
Mark Tinker		developer

Produced by
Tom Fontana	....	producer
Bruce Paltrow	....	executive producer
Mark Tinker	....	executive producer

Original Music by
J.A.C. Redford

Makeup Department
Lona Jeffers	....	makeup department head

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sara Fischer	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Scott L. London	....	assistant property master

Sound Department
Paul J. Diller	....	sound effects editor
Kevin Spears	....	supervising sound editor
Dennis Kirkpatrick	....	boom operator (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Patricia Gregory	....	company grip
Peter McEvoy	....	first assistant camera (uncredited)

Music Department
Dave Grusin	....	composer: theme music

Directed by
Allan Arkush		(6 episodes)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Joshua Brand		co-creator
John Falsey		creator
Emily Potter		(episode "He-Man Woman Hater's Club", 11/4/87)

Produced by
Channing Gibson	....	producer
John Tinker	....	producer

Cinematography by
Sol Negrin

Film Editing by
Stephen Butler
Howard Heard
Richard E. Rabjohn

Art Direction by
James Hulsey

Set Decoration by
Ernie Bishop

Costume Design by
Robert M. Moore		(as Bob Moore)

Art Department
Glenn Forbes	....	assistant property master

Sound Department
John Asman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Donald W. Ernst	....	sound editor
Tom Gerard	....	sound re-recording mixer
Avram D. Gold	....	sound editor (as Avram Gold)
Michael Gollom	....	sound effects editor
Jerelyn J. Harding	....	sound editor (as Jerelyn Golding)
Eileen Horta	....	supervising sound editor
Scott D. Jackson	....	supervising foley editor
Constance A. Kazmer	....	sound editor
Gary Krivacek	....	sound editor
Mark L. Mangino	....	sound effects editor
Peter Reale	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Ted Allen	....	special effects coordinator

Stunts
Charlie Brewer	....	stunt double
Lane Leavitt	....	stunts
Ray Lykins	....	stunts
Conrad E. Palmisano	....	stunts
Pat Romano	....	stunts
Gary J. Wayton	....	utility stunts
Harry Wowchuk	....	stunt driver

Camera and Electrical Department
Philip Caplan	....	camera operator
Vincent Contarino	....	electrician

Music Department
Bradley Carow	....	assistant music editor
Brad Dechter	....	orchestrator
Celia Weiner	....	music editor

Other crew
Jim Carberry	....	location manager
Jeffrey A. Humphreys	....	studio utility
Maria Lease	....	script supervisor
Douglas Steinberg	....	story editor (1988)

Production Companies

• MTM Enterprises

Distributors

• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1987) (USA) (TV)

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

CBS Studio Center - 4024 Radford Avenue, Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

MTM Enterprises

Trivia:

This show almost didn't get on the air - no, not because of Westphal mooning Gideon (censor Ralph Daniels decided to let it go by because Ed Flanders' bare bottom was "not erotic") - but because the fictional Ecumenica Corporation which now owned the hospital sounded much too much like the real-life Humana Corporation. During the closing credits, NBC actually put up a full-screen disclaimer over part of the titles stating that Ecumenica WAS fictitious.

Quotes:

Dr. Donald Westphall:[to Dr. Gideon] Let me put this... in terms you can understand.
[drops pants and underwear]
Dr. Donald Westphall:You can kiss my ass, pal.

Movie Connections:

References A Moon for the Misbegotten (1975) (TV)