Critical Condition (film)

Critical Condition
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Michael Apted
Produced by	Robert Cort Ted Field
Written by	Denis Hamill John Hamill Alan Swyer
Starring	Richard Pryor Rachel Ticotin Rubén Blades Joe Mantegna Bob Dishy Sylvia Miles Bob Saget Garrett Morris
Music by	Alan Silvestri
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	January 16, 1987
Running time	100 min.
Language	English
Box office	$20,240,502

Critical Condition is a 1987 comedy film starring Richard Pryor.

Synopsis

Pryor plays Kevin Lennihan, a con man who is framed in a jewel robbery. In order to escape custody, he fakes insanity, then poses as surgeon Dr. Eddie Slattery at a local hospital when he switches places with the administrator Arthur Chambers (Joe Mantegna). During a flood and a power outage that follows, Kevin takes charge of the hospital and tries to maintain some order in his unorthodox way.

Cameos

Actor Wesley Snipes has small role as an ambulance driver.

Randall "Tex" Cobb guest stars playing Richard Pryor's insane friend Box

External links

• Critical Condition at the Internet Movie Database