Doctor Franken (1980)
- Director(s):
- Jeff Lieberman, Marvin J. Chomsky, (more
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This TV movie might just as well have been titled Frankenstein Takes Manhattan. Robert Vaughn stars as Doctor Franken, a dedicated Manhattan medico who becomes obsessed with the theory of artificial life. This is understandable, since the doctor is a descendant of a certain foreign gentleman named Frankenstein. He takes an arm here and an organ there from his hospital's storage bank and tries to repair the cadaver of an unclaimed accident victim. The result is a complex creature named John Doe (Robert Perrault), a reasonably friendly chap who has inherited the character traits and emotions of all those people whose body parts he has "borrowed". To their credit, everyone involved in Doctor Franken takes the script seriously--perhaps too seriously for any network or sponsor to care enough to purchase this pilot film for a weekly series berth. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Teri Garr - Kelli Fisher
- Norman Parker - Morgue Attendant
- David Selby - Dr. Mike Foster
- Robert Vaughn - Dr. Arno Franken
- Josef Sommer - Mr. Parker
- Roger Til - Anesthesiologist
- Ed Van Nuys - Bartender
- Claiborne Cary - Jenny
- Conchetta Tolman - Reporter
- Penelope Paley - Technician
- William Huston - Cop
- Florence Rupert - Woman in Bar
- Cynthia Harris - Anita Franken
- Addison Powell - Dr. Eric Kerwin
- Nicholas Surovy - Martin Elson
- Rudolph Willrich - Arthur Gurnsey
- Robert Perrault - John Doe: Room 841
- Theodore Sorel - Gerald Blake
- Takayo Doran - Claire
- Sam Schracht - Lt. Pearson
- Sylvia Lowe - Mrs. Parker
- Myra Stennett - Hello Woman
- Ralph Drischell - Doorman
- Director(s):
- Marvin J. Chomsky, Jeff Lieberman
- Writer(s):
- Lee Ann Thomas
- Producer(s):
- Robert Berger
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