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Doctors and Nurses (film)

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Wikipedia article




'Doctors and Nurses' is a 1981 Australian comedy film directed by Maurice Murphy. The gimmick is child actors play doctors and nurses and adults play patients.David Stratton, 'The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p34-345

Cast



* Pamela Stephenson as Permanent Wave

* Bert Newton as Mr. Cody

* Richard Meikle as The President

* Graeme Blundell as Mr. X

* Drew Forsythe as Katz

* Andrew McFarlane as Milligan

Reception



'Filmink' magazine later said "Ive got to say, I used to watch this on VHS when I was eight and remember loving it. I havent seen it since I was eight. Amazing cast"

'Horror Movie' and 'Goose Flesh'



After making the movie, Maurice Murphy and Brian Rosen decided to make a follow up project, shooting two films back to back, 'Horror Movie' and 'Goose Flesh', budgeted at $500,000 each."Production Survey", 'Cinema Papers', MayJune 1981 p169 The movie had the same plot line but 'Horror Movie' was a straight film whereas 'Goose Flesh' was a comedy. The same cast and crew would be used.

Filming starting in Sydney in April 1981. A scene would be shot straight then re-shot as a comedy. However the film ran out of money and filming stopped after a week. Brian Rosen was left with $700,000 debt.

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