Young Doctors in Love is a 1982 American comedy film directed by Garry Marshall. Similar in tone to the Airplane! movies, it spoofs a variety of medical shows (in particular, General Hospital) and has many guest stars from ABC soap operas.
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Directed by | Garry Marshall |
Produced by | Jerry Bruckheimer |
Written by | Michael Elias Rich Eustis |
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Music by | Maurice Jarre |
Cinematography | Donald Peterman |
Edited by | Dov Hoenig |
Production company | ABC Motion Pictures |
Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $7,020,000 |
Box office | $30,688,860 |
The film stars Sean Young, Michael McKean, Harry Dean Stanton, Dabney Coleman and Patrick Macnee. It also features Demi Moore in one of her early film roles.
Screenplay
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A group of young medical interns join the City Hospital surgery staff run by Dr. Prang, a brash and cynical surgeon leading an expensive and dissolute lifestyle. Meanwhile, old mafioso Sal Bonafetti is admitted to the same hospital under an assumed name after suffering a stroke; his son Angelo disguises as a woman in order to tend to Sal, fearing retaliation by rival crime syndicates. Professional hitman Malamud is admitted to a bed next to Sal's in order to assassinate him, but his every attempt fails, causing Malamud himself to undergo painful and unnecessary treatment.
- Sean Young as Dr. Stephanie Brody
- Michael McKean as Dr. Simon August
- Gary Friedkin as Dr. Milton Chamberlain
- Kyle T. Heffner as Dr. Chamberlain
- Rick Overton as Dr. Flicker
- Crystal Bernard as Julie
- Ted McGinley as Dr. DeVol
- Saul Rubinek as Kurtzman
- Harry Dean Stanton as Dr. Ludwig
- Hector Elizondo as Angelo
- Pamela Reed as Nurse Sprockett
- Dabney Coleman as Dr. Prang
- Michael Richards as Malamud Callahan
- Taylor Negron as Dr. Phil Burns
- Titos Vandis as Sal Bonafetti
- Patrick Macnee as Jacobs
- Haunani Minn as Nurse Chang
- Lynne Marie Stewart as Nurse Thatcher
The film was a moderate box office success with over $30 million.
It received a positive review in The New York Times, which said "there are enough bright moments to make this a passable hot-weather entertainment." It maintains a 29% "rotten" rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 14 reviews.