Bad Medicine (film)

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Bad Medicine
Image:Bad medicine.jpg Promotional movie poster for the film
Directed by	Harvey Miller
Produced by	Arlene Sellers Alex Winitsky
Written by	Harvey Miller
Starring	Steve Guttenberg Alan Arkin Julie Hagerty Curtis Armstrong Robert Romanus
Music by	Lalo Schifrin
Cinematography	Kelvin Pike
Editing by	O. Nicholas Brown John Jympson Keith Palmer
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date(s)	1985
Running time	156 min.
Country	USA
Language	English
Gross revenue	$2,685,453 (USA) (sub-total)
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Bad Medicine is a 1985 comedy film starring Steve Guttenberg, Alan Arkin, and Julie Hagerty. The film was written and directed by Harvey Miller, and was based on the novel Calling Dr. Horowitz, by Steven Horowitz and Neil Offen.

The film was criticized for its negative ethnic stereotypes. It was released by 20th Century Fox, and was one of three films that Hagerty starred in in 1985 (Lost in America and Goodbye, New York were the other two).

[edit] Plot

Bad Medicine concerns a below-average medical student named Jeffrey Marx (Guttenberg) who, after being rejected by prestigious medical schools, is sent by his father (Bill Macy) to a seemingly sub-standard medical school in Central America. Jeffery eventually discovers the plight of local villagers in need of medical assistance and, with the help of fellow students (including romantic interest Hagerty), illegally provides medical services to the villagers. Eventually, the school's authoritarian dean (Arkin) discovers the students' activities, and decides to prosecute. However, the dean dismisses the charges at the urging of the villagers.