Overview
Doctors and Nurses is a gimmick film, a down under age reversal trick in the style of Alan Parker's 'Bugsy Malone'. A bunch of kids play the game of Doctors and Nurses - of the inoffensive dress-up kind - tending a bunch of adults suffering from a variety of ailments.
Fun facts
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Cinematography
Cinematography by John Seale
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Doug EdwardsScreenplay
- Morris GleitzmanScreenplay
- Robyn MoaseScreenplay
- Tony SheldonScreenplay
- Maurice MurphyScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 26, 1981
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- Australia
Cast
Pamela StephensonPermanent Wave
Bert NewtonMr Cody- Richard MeikleThe President
Drew ForsytheKatz
Andrew McFarlaneMilligan
Graeme BlundellMr X
June SalterLady Cliquot- Terry BaderMr Gleeson
Bill YoungAgent 1
Lance CurtisAgent 2- Bill McCluskeyProducer
Rebecca RiggMercia King- Miguel LópezJuan Peron
- Jason SamuelsBud Abel
- Jeremy LarssonRupert Young
- Brent GowlandBernard Christian
Sarah LambertMary Grey- Julith SteerCatrina Fellows
Simone BuchananJane Gilmour- Roger NewcombeNarrator (uncredited)
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