Critical Condition (1987)
Director:
Michael Apted
Tagline:
« Guess who’s playing doctor? »
Actors:
Eddie
Rachel
Louis
Chambers
Dr. Foster
Genre:
Comedy
Rating:
(4’238 votes)
(4’238 votes)
Quotes:
[last lines]
« Kevin: Eight hours ago I was lunatic at the state asylum. Right? Now I gotta a yacht, I met a nice lady. I'm proud to be an American.
»
« Dr. Joffe: This place is a joke. People are gonna die here tonight.
»
« Kevin: [pretending to be Dr. Slattery] My up-and-down stick? What are you talking about, my dick?
»
Trailer:
Official Trailer
Runtime:97 minutes
Plots:
Con man Kevin Lennihan, framed in a jewel smuggling, tries for an insanity plea, and is sent to a hospital for review, where he is confused for a doctor and takes over the hospital when a major storm hits.
Kevin Lennihan is a con artist. But this time he’s framed and comes before a judge. By claiming insanity he hopes to get off the hook. He manages to end up in a hospital on Governors Island in New York Harbor for a mental examination. That night a storm breaks out over the area and the electricity to the hospital is out. In the ensuing chaos that follows Kevin is mistaken for a doctor, Eddie Slattery. Suddenly he is in charge of a whole hospital.
