Doctors and Nurses (film)

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.^[2]

Doctors and Nurses
Directed by	Maurice Murphy
Written by	Morris Gleitzman Doug Edwards Robn Moase Tony Sheldon Maurice Murphy
Based on	an original idea by Maurice Murphy
Produced by	Brian Rosen
Starring	Pamela Stephenson Bert Newton Richard Meikle Graeme Blundell
Cinematography	John Seale
Music by	Mike Harvey
Distributed by	Classic Films
Release date	1981 (1981)
Country	Australia
Language	English
Budget	A$400,000[1]

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"^[3]

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.^[4] 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 would be used.^[2]

Filming starting 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.^[2]