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.David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p34-345
Cast Pamela Stephenson as Permanent Wave Bert Newton as Mr. Cody Richard Meikle as The President Graeme Blundell as Mr. X Drew Forsythe as Katz Andrew McFarlane as Milligan Sarah Lambert as Mary Grey
Reception FilmInk magazine later said "I’ve got to say, I used to watch this on VHS when I was eight and remember loving it. I haven’t seen it since I was eight. Amazing cast."
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."Production Survey", Cinema Papers, May–June 1981 p169 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 were used.
Filming started 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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External links
Doctors and Nurses at Oz Movies