Watch Doctors & Nurses (1981) Official Trailer
A Prescription for Laughter
0 / 10 IMDb December 26, 1981 1h 26m
Doctors and Nurses is a gimmick film, a down under age reversal trick in the style of Alan Parker's 'Bugsy Malone'. A bunch of kids play the game of Doctors and Nurses - of the inoffensive dress-up kind - tending a bunch of adults suffering from a variety of ailments.
Director
Runtime
1h 26m
Release Date
December 26, 1981
Genre
Family, Comedy
Status
Released
Languages
English
Country
Australia
Writers
Producers
Cast
Pamela Stephenson
as Permanent Wave
Bert Newton
as Mr Cody
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Richard Meikle
as The President
Drew Forsythe
as Katz
Andrew McFarlane
as Milligan
Graeme Blundell
as Mr X
June Salter
as Lady Cliquot
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Terry Bader
as Mr Gleeson
Bill Young
as Agent 1
Lance Curtis
as Agent 2
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Bill McCluskey
as Producer
Rebecca Rigg
as Mercia King
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Miguel López
as Juan Peron
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Jason Samuels
as Bud Abel
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Jeremy Larsson
as Rupert Young
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Brent Gowland
as Bernard Christian
Sarah Lambert
as Mary Grey
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Julith Steer
as Catrina Fellows
Simone Buchanan
as Jane Gilmour
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Roger Newcombe
as Narrator (uncredited)
Production Companies
Finn Productions
The Australian Film Commission
Universal Entertainment Corporation
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