When relatively healthy patients begin having 'complications' during simple operations and ending up in comas, a concerned doctor defies her male superiors when she suspects a secret plot.
Direction
Crichton's clinical eye makes hospitals feel predatory.
Cinematography
That suspended body reveal—pure nightmare fuel.
Acting
Bujold's desperate conviction carries every frame.
Director
Michael Crichton
Geneviève Bujold
Dr. Susan Wheeler
Michael Douglas
Dr. Mark Bellows
Elizabeth Ashley
Mrs. Emerson
Rip Torn
Dr. George
Richard Widmark
Dr. Harris
Lois Chiles
Nancy Greenly
Hari Rhodes
Dr. Morelind
Richard Doyle
Jim
Alan Haufrect
Dr. Marcus
Lance LeGault
Vince
Michael MacRae
Chief Resident
Betty McGuire
Nurse
Tom Selleck
Sean Murphy
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