The Doctor

1991 | 122 minutes | 6.4 ★ (78)

The Doctor
  • Overview

    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.

  • Release Date

    24 July 1991

  • DirectingRanda Haines
  • Budget

    $12,000,000.00

  • Revenue

    $38,120,905.00

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