A Doctor's Story (1984)
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A TV pilot film, Doctor's Story explores the rights--or rather, the lack of them--of geriatric patients. Howard E. Rollins Jr. plays a young doctor who resents the throwaway attitude conveyed towards the elderly. Among Rollins' patients are a near-senile old man (Art Carney), a woman (Vivece Lindfors) with a mysterious abdominal ailment, and a suicidal widow (Uta Hagen). Stymied by hospital bureaucracy and indifference, Rollins fights to give his older charges the same care and attention afforded younger patients--and in so doing, his own marriage on the critical list. Whether or not this premise could have sustained a weekly series is problematic (the pilot didn't sell), but as a self-contained drama, Doctor's Story was certainly worth two hours of anyone's attention, young or old. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Art Carney - Harry Wickes
- Joseph Culp - Dr. Rick Stockwood
- Charles Kimbrough - Peter Wickes
- Donna Mitchell - Dr. Janet Larwin
- Anne Pitoniak
- Jay O. Sanders
- William Theiss
- Uta Hagen - Mrs. Hilda Reiner
- Anna Maria Horsford - Leigh Williams
- David Margulies
- Jess Osuna - Dr. Reston
- Howard E. Rollins, Jr. - Dr. Zack Williams
- Viveca Lindfors - Mrs. Kristina Karlberg
- Jodi Thelen - Dr. Edie Farmer
- Director(s):
- Peter Levin
- Writer(s):
- Ronald Rubin
- Producer(s):
- Philip L. Parslow
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