He's in a coma... Yet, he can kill...
A comatose hospital patient harasses and kills through his powers of telekinesis to claim his private nurse as his own.
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Character
Unpretentious, earnest, grave and classical in form.
- unpretentiousprestige
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
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Cast
- Robert ThompsonPatrick
- Susan PenhaligonKathy Jacquard
- María MercedesNurse Panicale
- Robert HelpmannDr. Roget
- Rod MullinarEd Jacquard
- Helen HemingwaySister Williams
- Bruce BarryDr. Brian Wright
- Julia BlakeMatron Cassidy
- Carole-Ann AylettPatrick's Mother
- Walter PymCaptain
Crew
- Richard FranklinDirector
- Everett De RocheScreenplay
- Donald McAlpineDirector of Photography
- Brian MayOriginal Music Composer
- Edward McQueen-MasonEditor
- Richard FranklinProducer
- Antony I. GinnaneProducer
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Pairings
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