Bob Dishy, Bob Saget, Garrett Morris

Eddie is a con artist. But this time he's framed and comes before a judge. By claiming insanity, he hopes to get off the hook. He manages end up in a hospital for a mental examination. That night, a s...( read more  read more... )torm breaks out over New York, and the electricity to the hospital is broken. In the ensuing chaos that follows, Eddie is taken for a doctor. Suddenly he is in charge of a whole hospital!

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2,180 ratings

R, 1 hr. 22 min.

Directed by: Michael Apted, Roger Weisberg

Release Date: January 16, 1987

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DVD Release Date: July 6, 2004

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  • September 29, 2009
    Not a great story but it has Richard Pryor in it so it?s an instantly great film even though it?s not very good.
  • December 29, 2006
    A great movie. Richard Pryor is a very funny man.
  • August 30, 2008
    OMG I forgot all about this one. Pryor went through a phase of doing some absolutely brilliant movies and this one doesnt dissapoint.
  • March 4, 2008
    Hilarious.
  • November 25, 2009
    LOL, this was actually funny...much better than I thougt it would be"
  • October 29, 2009
    This movie still cracks me up today.Richard Pryor was hilarious!!!
  • April 28, 2009
    Really jus' liked this, cause' I luv' Richard Pryor & Joe Dallesandro & quite honestly was curious to see these 2 in action!!!
  • October 17, 2008
    No thankyou - Not interested
  • March 21, 2008
    I did not really like this movie.
  • February 21, 2008
    This was a very underrated movie. Lots of funny scenes that made me laugh. But the helicopter was too much.

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