Coma (1978)

Directed by

Michael Crichton

Genre

horror film, science fiction film, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 54m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 463 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A female doctor at a major hospital suspects healthy patients are being put into comas and killed. She investigates the mysterious pattern while her coworkers dismiss her concerns.

tenseclinicalparanoidmethodicalsuspensefulcoldominousclinical

What happens

Coma is a 1978 American mystery thriller film based on the 1977 novel by Robin Cook. The film rights were acquired by director Michael Crichton, who also wrote the screenplay, and the movie was produced by Martin Erlichmann for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The cast includes Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas, Elizabeth Ashley, Richard Widmark, and Rip Torn. Among the actors in smaller roles are Tom Selleck, Lois Chiles, and Ed Harris. The story was adapted again into a two-part television miniseries broadcast in September 2012 on A&E television network. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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