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Critical Condition
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Critical Condition

Jan 16, 1987
1h 40m
★ 5.5

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.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Cast

Richard Pryor

Eddie Lenahan/Dr. Kevin Slattery

Richard Pryor

Rachel Ticotin

Rachel Atwood

Rachel Ticotin

Rubén Blades

Louis

Rubén Blades

Maria Cardinale

Herself

Maria Cardinale

Joe Mantegna

Arthur Chambers

Joe Mantegna

Bob Dishy

Dr. Foster

Bob Dishy

Sylvia Miles

Nurse Maggie Lesser

Sylvia Miles

Joe Dallesandro

Stucky

Joe Dallesandro

Randall "Tex" Cobb

Box

Randall "Tex" Cobb

Bob Saget

Dr. Joffe

Bob Saget

Jon Polito

Kline

Jon Polito

Garrett Morris

Helicopter Junkie

Garrett Morris

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