Taking Care

1987 Canadian film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Taking Care, also known as Prescriptions for Murder, is a 1987 Canadian drama film, directed by Clarke Mackey.[1] Loosely based on the real-life case of Susan Nelles,[2] the film stars Janet Amos as Marie, a maternity ward nurse who is accused of murder after three women die in childbirth under her care, and Kate Lynch as Angie O'Connell, her colleague who attempts to collect evidence to prove Marie's innocence.[1]

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Taking Care
Directed byClarke Mackey
Written byRebecca Schechter
Produced byPasia Schonberg
StarringJanet Amos
Kate Lynch
Saul Rubinek
CinematographyKeith Hlady
Edited byTeresa Hannigan
Music byJane Fair
Production
companies
Telltales
Intesa Corporation
Release date
  • 1987 (1987)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
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The cast also includes Saul Rubinek, Barry Flatman, Jackie Richardson, Allan Royal and Ron White.

The film premiered at the 1987 Toronto International Film Festival.[3]

Lynch received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actress at the 9th Genie Awards in 1988.[4]

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