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Patch Adams

Laughter is contagious.

1998 · PG-13 · 1h 55m

Directed by Tom Shadyac

7.3

TMDB audience score
3,561 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

The true story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, who in the 1970s found that humor is the best medicine, and was willing to do just anything to make his patients laugh—even if it meant risking his own career.

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Cast

  • Robin Williams
    Patch Adams

  • Daniel London
    Truman

  • Monica Potter
    Carin

  • Philip Seymour Hoffman
    Mitch

  • Bob Gunton
    Dean Walcott

  • Josef Sommer
    Dr. Eaton

  • Irma P. Hall
    Joletta

  • Frances Lee McCain
    Judy

  • Harve Presnell
    Dean Anderson

  • Daniella Kuhn
    Adelane

  • Peter Coyote
    Bill Davis

  • James Greene
    Bile

  • Michael Jeter
    Rudy

  • Harold Gould
    Arthur Mendelson

  • Bruce Bohne
    Trevor Beene

  • Harry Groener
    Dr. Prack

  • Barry Shabaka Henley
    Emmet

  • Steven Anthony Jones
    Charlie