Movie
Doc Hollywood
Overview
After leaving Washington D.C. hospital, plastic surgeon Ben Stone heads for California, where a lucrative practice in Beverly Hills awaits. After a car accident, he's sentenced to perform as the community's general practitioner.
Details
- Release date
- 1991-08-02
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Michael J. Fox as Benjamin Stone
- Julie Warner as Vialula (Lou)
- Barnard Hughes as Aurelius Hogue
- Woody Harrelson as Hank Gordon
- David Ogden Stiers as Mayor Nick Nicholson
- Frances Sternhagen as Lillian, Welcoming Committee
- George Hamilton as Doctor Halberstrom
- Bridget Fonda as Nancy Lee Nicholson
- Mel Winkler as Melvin the Mechanic
- Helen Martin as Maddie, Welcoming Committee
- Roberts Blossom as Judge Evans
- Tom Lacy as Deputy Cotton
Crew
- Michael Caton-Jones - Director
- Jeffrey Price - Screenplay
- Daniel Pyne - Screenplay
- Peter S. Seaman - Screenplay
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