The Doctor

The Doctor

6.5IMDb Score
Released:1991-07-24
Genre:Drama
Duration:122 min
Director:Randa Haines
Actors:William Hurt, Christine Lahti, Elizabeth Perkins, Mandy Patinkin, Adam Arkin
Production:Touchstone Pictures

Overview:

Jack McKee is a doctor with it all: he's successful, he's rich, and he has no problems.... until he is diagnosed with throat cancer. Now that he has seen medicine, hospitals, and doctors from a patient's perspective, he realises that there is more to being a doctor than surgery and prescriptions.

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