The Doctor
Jul 24 1991
•2h 2m
•Drama
Jack McKee is a doctor with it all: he's successful, he's rich, and he has no problems.... until he is diagnosed with throat cancer. Now that he has seen medicine, hospitals, and doctors from a patient's perspective, he realises that there is more to being a doctor than surgery and prescriptions.
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William Hurt
Jack
Christine Lahti
Anne
Elizabeth Perkins
June
Mandy Patinkin
Murray
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