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The Surgeon

Year:

1995

Duration:

100 min | USA:99 min

Genres:

Horror | Thriller

IMDB rate:

4.8

Director:

Carl Schenkel

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1995-01-13

Filming Locations: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Cast

Actor

Character

Isabel Glasser

James Remar

Dr. Benjamin Hendricks

Sean Haberle

Dr. Julian Matar

Peter Boyle

Lt. McEllwaine

Malcolm McDowell

Dr. Stein

Charles Dance

Dr. Ed Mittlesbay

Beverly Todd

Nurse Burns

Charles Bailey-Gates

Sgt. Ross

Walter Olkewicz

Dr. Meade

Mother Love

Milly Putnam

Gregory West

Tommy Beaton

Juliette Jeffers

Lisa Wilson

Nancy Banks

Loreen Ridgeway

Kim Robillard

Dr. Eugene Kaiser

Teryl Rothery

Officer Pierson

Joe Norman Shaw

Detective Edwards (as Joe-Norman Shaw)

Don Thompson

Father - 1958

Marilyn Norry

Mother - 1958

Codie Lucas Wilbee

Older Boy - 1958

Jarrett Lennon

Young Matar - 1958

Tom Heaton

Doctor - 1958

Walter Marsh

Parking Security

Roseanne Hopkins

Mrs. Rodriguez (as Rosanne Hopkins)

Debbie Podowski

Dr. Melissa Kyle

Larry Musser

Anesthesiologist #1

Michael Tiernan

Anesthesiologist #2

C. Dale Best

Doctor in Operating Theatre (as C. Dale Best MD)

Daniel Rubin

Doctor in Operating Theatre (as Daniel Rubin MD)

Akiko Morison

Operating Nurse

Rebecca Toolan

Mittlesbay's Secretary

Robin Kelly

ICU Nurse #2

Sandra P. Grant

ICU Nurse #3

Bernie Coulson

Flower Delivery Boy (as Bernie Coulsen)

Veena Sood

Doctor in Dialysis

Frank Cassini

Intern in Dialysis

Curt Willington

Pizza Delivery Boy

Alex Diakun

County General Doctor

Ken Roberts

County General Guard

Zoltan Buday

County General Patrol Guard

Sheelah Megill

Nurse Worley

Dee Jay Jackson

Hospital Orderly

John B. Destry

Hospital Superintendent (as John Destrey)

Andrew Wheeler

Cop in Tunnel

Matthew Bennett

Young Cop (as Matt Bennett)

Richard Newman

Doctor in O.R.

Sydney Mentiply

Doorman

Christy Lynne

Officer White

Walter Bonshor

TV Doctor - Soap Opera (as Walker Bonshor)

Kendra Tucker

TV Nurse - Soap Opera

Did you know?

Trivia

In a interview to Radio Times dated February 1996, Malcolm McDowell stated that he was paid $100,000 for a week's work, but never saw the film.

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Actually filmed inside a Vancouver mental hospital.

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The evil surgeon's surname, Matar, means "to kill" in Spanish.

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Goofs

Sgt. Ross is unconscious from being drugged. When Dr. Hendricks moves Sgt. Ross to the sink to awake him, his eyes open momentarily before the water is run to revive him.

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Dr. Matar says the AMA took away his medical license but that action can only be taken by the state that issued it.

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When Dr Matar is locked up in the penitentiary in the bed with the IV, there's a machine nearby measuring something with beeps; presumably his heart-rate, as it speeds up in the scuffle in the next scene. However, the beeping continues, even after he's disconnected himself from everything.

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