Young Doctors In Love (1982) – Nostalgia Central

“Dr Pepper, please report to the diabetes ward”.

Obviously inspired by Airplane!, this movie follows a group of interns at a large American hospital for a year and charts the rise and fall of careers, romantic entanglements, jealousies and so forth, while spoofing TV shows (including Dr Kildare, Marcus Welby, MD and General Hospital) and often falling back on urine tests, T&A tittering and boundless bedpan bedlam for cheap laughs.

One young resident is dating a roller-skating hooker, another is a dwarf. Michael McKean plays ambitious young surgeon Simon August, while the beautiful Sean Young is never asked to do much except be beautiful and occasionally faint.

The others are a motley crew. Even the great Hector Elizondo is degraded by his role as a mobster on the lam who must visit his ailing father in drag, and as a woman, he has a flirtation with Patrick Collins, a chubby refugee from the world of TV commercials.

A purposely two-dimensional Dabney Coleman as Dr Prang is wonderful, and Harry Dean Stanton as the sodden coroner practically steals the show. Unfortunately, there’s not much show to steal . . .

The film marked Garry Marshall’s directorial debut after a long and lucrative career in television as a comedy writer and producer – including long stints with Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley and Mork & Mindy.

“Due to a mix-up in urology, no apple juice will be served this morning”.

Dr Stephanie Brody
Sean Young
Dr Simon August
Michael McKean
Dr Milton Chamberlain
Gary Friedkin
Dr Charles Litto
Kyle T. Heffner
Dr Thurman Flicker
Rick Overton
Julie
Crystal Bernard
Dr Bucky DeVol
Ted McGinley
Floyd Kurtzman
Saul Rubinek
Dr Oliver Ludwig
Harry Dean Stanton
Nurse Norine Sprockett
Pamela Reed
Dr Phil Burns
Taylor Negron
Dr Walter Rist
Patrick Collins
Dr Joseph Prang
Dabney Coleman
Sal Bonafetti
Titos Vandis
Angelo Bonafetti/Angela 
Hector Elizondo
Malamud
Michael Richards
Nurse Chang
Haunani Minn
Nurse Perez
Becky Gonzalez
Nurse Thatcher
Lynne Marie Stewart
Willa Mae
Esther Sutherland
Annie
Ann Washington
Theresa
Hillary Horan
Nurse Jones
Coleen Maloney
Nurse Sanchez
Claudia Crown
Nina
Sonya Jennings
Skateboard Nurse
Kelly Moran
Valerie (Candystriper)
Patti Proctor
Bunny (Candystriper)
Toni Hudson
Jyll Omato
Kimberly McArthur
Glenda (Candystriper)
Julie Roth
Bobby (Candystriper)
Arlene Eustis
Phone Striper
Deborah Lacey
Dr Stevens
Ella Raino Edwards
Doctor Whitehat
Arnold Margolin
Doctor Quick
Charlie Brill
New Intern
Thomas Byrd
Rocco
Frank Pesce
Rocco’s Wife
Tessa Richarde
Jerry
Nicholas Mele
Angelo’s Wife
Jill Owens
Guido
Tony Kerum
Bannerman
William Ed Cree
Blind Officer
James O’Connell
Emilia
Diane Markoff
Bed Mechanic
Walter Scott
Cicerelli
Reynaldo Rey
Cop with Assault Victim
Art Kassul
Miss Ditka
Millee Taggart
Mrs Pendergast
Nancy Lane
Flower Lady
Billie Bird
Usherette #1
Lisa Lindgren
Usherette #2
Kathleen Marshall
Warren the Orderly
Stuart Charno
Paul the Orderly
Larry Flash Jenkins
Arnold the Orderly
Cary Schuman
Hospital Announcer
Keith Wester
82-Year-Old Patient
John Steadman
Woman Who Almost Got Licked
Dottie Archibald
Boy with Fly
Scott Marshall
Boy with Fly’s Mother
Margie Anderson
Mickey Callaghan
Robert Ball
Ward Patient #1
Neal Kaz
Ward Patient #2
Bob Pekurny
Disgusting Looking Patient
George Furth
Calvin Klein Model
Robert Iannucci
Nervous Patient
Lou Evans
Man in Wheelchair
Ogden Talbot
Little Cowboy
Eric MacDonald
Complaining Man
John Moschitta Jr.
Santa Claus
David Dozer
Young Simon’s Grandfather
Frank Campanella
Young Simon’s Father
Ed Begley Jr.
Young Simon’s Mother
Frances Peach
Young Simon
David Friedman
Football Playing Maid
Lori Marshall
Oscar Katz
Hamilton Camp
Newscaster
Susan Cotton
Spectator
Michael Elias
Spoiled Brat
Alexandra Balahoutis
Little Girl in Park
Stephanie Dizon
Little Boy in Park
Shad Davis
Mrs Pierce
Rose Michtom
Christmas Elf
Peggy Trentini
Party Guests
Ray Saar
Kimberly Louis
Balloon Man
David Ketchum
Drug Dealer
Richard Dean Anderson
Jacobs
Patrick Macnee
New Intern
Demi Moore

Director
Garry Marshall