Critical Condition (1987)

01/16/1987 (US) • Comedy • 1h 40m

A comedy of epidemic proportions.

Overview

Eddie is a con artist. When he's framed and comes before a judge, he hopes to get off the hook by climbing insanity—but instead ends up in a hospital for a mental assessment. That night, a storm causes a power failure and, in the ensuing chaos, Eddie is mistaken for a doctor and suddenly finds himself in charge of the hospital.

Critical Condition (1987)

01/16/1987 (US) • 1h 40m

Comedy

A comedy of epidemic proportions.

Overview

Eddie is a con artist. When he's framed and comes before a judge, he hopes to get off the hook by climbing insanity—but instead ends up in a hospital for a mental assessment. That night, a storm causes a power failure and, in the ensuing chaos, Eddie is mistaken for a doctor and suddenly finds himself in charge of the hospital.

Top Billed Cast

Richard Pryor

Eddie Lenahan/Dr. Kevin Slattery

Rachel Ticotin

Rachel Atwood

Rubén Blades

Louis

Maria Cardinale

Herself

Joe Mantegna

Arthur Chambers

Bob Dishy

Dr. Foster

Sylvia Miles

Nurse Maggie Lesser

Joe Dallesandro

Stucky

Randall "Tex" Cobb

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$14,000,000.00

Revenue

-

Keywords

hurricane

con artist

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