Doctors & Nurses
A Prescription for Laughter
1981 | 86m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Maurice Murphy |
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| Writer: | Maurice Murphy, Morris Gleitzman, Doug Edwards, Robyn Moase, Tony Sheldon |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 26, 1981 |
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| Director: | Maurice Murphy |
| Writer: | Maurice Murphy, Morris Gleitzman, Doug Edwards, Robyn Moase, Tony Sheldon |
| Genres: | Family, Comedy |
| Keywords | |
| Production Companies | The Australian Film Commission, Finn Productions, Universal Entertainment Corporation |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 04, 2025 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Pamela Stephenson | Permanent Wave |
| Bert Newton | Mr Cody |
| Richard Meikle | The President |
| Drew Forsythe | Katz |
| Andrew McFarlane | Milligan |
| Graeme Blundell | Mr X |
| June Salter | Lady Cliquot |
| Terry Bader | Mr Gleeson |
| Bill Young | Agent 1 |
| Lance Curtis | Agent 2 |
| Bill McCluskey | Producer |
| Rebecca Rigg | Mercia King |
| Miguel López | Juan Peron |
| Jason Samuels | Bud Abel |
| Jeremy Larsson | Rupert Young |
| Brent Gowland | Bernard Christian |
| Sarah Lambert | Mary Grey |
| Julith Steer | Catrina Fellows |
| Simone Buchanan | Jane Gilmour |
| Roger Newcombe | Narrator (uncredited) |
| Larissa Burnett | Belinda Sweetacre |
| Paris Burnett | Vicki Sweetacre |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Maurice Murphy | Director, Screenplay, Idea |
| Morris Gleitzman | Screenplay |
| Doug Edwards | Screenplay |
| Robyn Moase | Screenplay |
| Tony Sheldon | Screenplay |
| John Seale | Cinematography |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Brian Rosen | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 1 |
| 2024 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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