Coma
Jan 06 1978
•2h 53m
•Thriller, Mystery
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.
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Geneviève Bujold
Dr. Susan Wheeler
Michael Douglas
Dr. Mark Bellows
Elizabeth Ashley
Mrs. Emerson
Rip Torn
Dr. George
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