Paper Mask (1991)
- Starring:
- Paul McGann, Amanda Donohoe, (more)
- Director(s):
- Christopher Morahan
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
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Christopher Morahan directed this nail-biting suspense melodrama that takes a cynical look at the medical profession. Matthew Harris (Paul McGann) is an unhappy intern at a London hospital who envies the staff doctors and their calling. When a physician who resembles Matthew is killed in an auto accident, Matthew decides to assume his identity so that he can attend an interview the dead man had scheduled for a post at a Bristol hospital. Matthew gets the job and is now Dr. Simon Hennessey, working in the hospital emergency room. He is assisted by friendly nurse Christine Taylor (Amanda Donohue), who ends up falling in love with him. But Matthew makes a fatal mistake and a patient dies. At the ensuing inquest, Christine takes the blame for the accident. Matthew, emboldened by the results of the inquest, decides to apply for a better job at a hospital in Salisbury. But an acquaintance from his past appears and Matthew has to kill him in order to continue with his deception. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Paul McGann - Matthew Harris
- Frederick Treves - Dr. Mumford
- Barbara Leigh-Hunt - Celia Mumford
- Michael Thomas - Teaching Doctor
- Karen Ascoe - Alison
- Michael Berrenshaw - Coroner's Officer
- Hetta Charnley - Medical Student
- Dhirendra - Dr. Kassim
- Marilyn Finlay - Mother
- Philip Fox - Anaesthetist
- Oliver Guilford - Schoolboy
- Tank James - Biker
- Carmen Knight - Student Nurse
- Iain Locke - Dr. Sutherland
- Alexandra Mathie - Beverley
- Robert Oates - Head Porter
- Frank Baker - Happy
- Dale Rapley - Dr. Simon Hennessy
- Clive Rowe - Ant
- Harmage Singh Kalirai - Surgeon
- Gary Twigg - Bass Guitarist
- John Warnaby - Dr. Hammond
- Tam White - Blues Singer
- Amanda Donohoe - Christine Taylor
- Tom Wilkinson - Dr. Thorn
- Jimmy Yuill - Alec Moran
- Simon Adams - Laurence
- Ian Bairnson - Guitarist
- Bridget Brammall - Girl in Bed
- Oliver Ford Davies - Coroner
- Nick Edmett - Ambulance Driver
- J.J. Flynn - Child in Casualty
- Juliet Grassby - Caitlin
- Dierdre Halligan - Old Patient
- Mark Lewis Jones - Dr. Lloyd
- Glen LeFleur - Drummer
- Phillip Manikum - Maintenance Engineer
- Charmian May - Radiographer
- Diana Payan - Salisbury Sister
- Glyn Pritchard - Man with Gashed Thumb
- Freda Rogers - Dr. Thorn's Staff Nurse
- Lee Simpson - Reporter
- Sally Thompson - Dr. Gemmel
- Steve Waller - Pianist
- Harry Webster - Yellow Man
- Director(s):
- Christopher Morahan
- Writer(s):
- John Collee
- Producer(s):
- Christopher Morahan
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Adult Situations, Nudity, Violence)
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