The Doctor

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1991-08-16

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

122 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (3873 Reviews)

Director:

Randa Haines

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

William Hurt Christine Lahti Elizabeth Perkins Mandy Patinkin

Writer:

Ed Rosenbaum (book)

Robert Caswell (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Jack McKee is a doctor with it all: he's successful, he's rich, and he has no problems.... until he is diagnosed with throat cancer. Now that he has seen medicine, hospitals, and doctors from a patient's perspective, he realises that there is more to being a doctor than surgery and prescriptions.

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