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A Doctor's Story (1984) - Movie Browser

What if 'crazy' was just a diagnosis for inconvenient truth?

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Overview

A physician frustrates his family in his fight to prove that an elderly man is not senile.

Content warning

doctor senility

medical ethicsaging and dignityinstitutional bias

Standout Aspects

Acting

Art Carney's late-career vulnerability; Howard Rollins' simmering conviction.

Writing

TV movie that dares to ask who benefits from a diagnosis.

Best for:Solo·Rewatch

Heads up:Emotional

Director

Peter Levin

ReleasedApr 23, 1984

Runtime1h 36m

StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacesteady

Intensitymedium

Tonemixed

Feelheavy

Embassy Television

Top Cast

Art Carney

Harry Wickes

Howard Rollins

Dr. Zack Williams

Charles Kimbrough

Peter Wickes

Joseph Culp

Dr. Rick Stockwood

Jodi Thelen

Dr. Edie Farmer

Anna Maria Horsford

Leigh Williams

Donna Mitchell

Dr. Janet Larwin

Uta Hagen

Mrs. Hilda Reiner

Viveca Lindfors

Mrs. Kristina Karlberg

David Margulies

Russell

Marilyn Chris

Anne Wickes

Anne Pitoniak

Gray Lady

Margie Impert

Magda

Jay O. Sanders

Dr. Curtis

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