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"Elizabeth Ashley - Nurse Emerson"
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Coma (1978 film)"Richard Widmark - Dr. George Harris"
Coma is a 1978 American mystery thriller film based on the 1977 novel by Robin Cook. The film rights were acquired by director Michael Crichton, who also wrote the screenplay, and the movie was produced by Martin Erlichmann for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The cast includes Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas, Elizabeth Ashley, Richard Widmark, and Rip Torn. Among the actors in smaller roles are Tom Selleck
"Elizabeth Ashley - Nurse Emerson"
"Dr. Cowans: Anesthesias the easiest job in the world until something goes wrong. Its 99% boredom and 1% scared-shitless panic."
"Michael Douglas - Dr. Mark Bellows"
"We are dealing in an area of uncertainty. An area where there are no rules, contradictory laws and no clear social consensus as to what should be done. And the cost of care for the chronic patient has become prohibitive. This is particularly the case with the long-term comatose patient. The Jefferson Institute is a government- sponsored experimental facility designed to provide quality life support to the comatose patient. I wish to emphasize no moral or ethical position is being taken here. We do not participate in the debate over whether these patients are alive or dead or whether their care should be continued or terminated. Society will decide if there will be more of these facilities or not. In the meantime, we merely provide care as inexpensively as possible."
"Tom Selleck - surgery patient Sean Murphy"
"Ed Harris - Pathology resident"