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About the Film

Year

1987

Rating

R

Genre

Comedy

Running Time

98 MIN

Synopsis

The symptoms: acute tickling of the funny bone and sever belly laughs. The diagnosis? Richard Pryor in Critical Condition. Playing a criminal who fakes insanity to avoid prison, Pryor ends up in a hospital mental ward. That's when the craziness starts as he escapes during a blackout and disguises himself as a doctor. Somehow Pryor brings order to chaos even while performing unorthodox physical examinations, delivering a baby and using a helicopter for air conditioning!

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Where to Watch

Digital

About the Cast

Richard Pryor

Eddie/Kevin

Joe Mantegna

Chambers

Rachel Ticotin

Rachel

Ruben Blades

Louis

Bob Dishy

Dr. Foster

Sylvia Miles

Maggie

Joe Dallesandro

Stucky

Randall Tex Cobb

Box

Bob Saget

Dr. Joffe

Garrett Morris

Helicopter Junkie

About the Crew

Director

Michael Apted

Producer

Robert Larson

Producer

Robert Cort

Producer

Ted Field

Writer

Denis Hamill

Writer

John Hamill

Writer

Lowell Ganz

Based on Short Story By

Alan Swyer

Writer

Christopher Thompson

Music Scoring

Alan Silvestri