Doctors and Nurses (film)
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Director Maurice Murphy Country Australia | 6.6/10 IMDb Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Morris Gleitzman , Tony Sheldon Release date 1981 Based on an original idea by Maurice Murphy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Doctors and Nurses is a 1981 Australian comedy film directed by Maurice Murphy. The gimmick is child actors play doctors and nurses and adults play patients.
Horror Movie and Goose Flesh
After making the movie, Maurice Murphy and Brian Rosen decided to make a follow up project, shooting two films back to back, Horror Movie and Goose Flesh, budgeted at $500,000 each. The movie had the same plot line but Horror Movie was a straight film whereas Goose Flesh was a comedy. The same cast and crew would be used.
Filming starting in Sydney in April 1981. A scene would be shot straight then re-shot as a comedy. However the film ran out of money and filming stopped after a week. Brian Rosen was left with $700,000 debt.
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