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The Carey Treatment is a 1972 American crime thriller film directed by Blake Edwards and starring James Coburn, Jennifer O'Neill, Dan O'Herlihy and Pat Hingle. The film was based on the 1968 novel A Case of Need credited to Jeffery Hudson, a pseudonym for Michael Crichton.
Jul 2, 1972 · A pathologist (James Coburn) investigates the death of a girl after an illegal abortion at a Boston hospital, where his friend (James Hong) is accused of the crime. The film is based on a novel by Michael Crichton and directed by Blake Edwards.
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- Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Blake Edwards
- 1972-07-02
A renegade physician (James Coburn) investigates a hospital scandal involving a young Chinese surgeon and a sadistic masseur. Roger Ebert criticizes the film's long, sterile patches of dialog and its ocular focus on Coburn's eyelashes.
James Coburn brashes out the truth as he plays breezy and brilliant pathologist Peter Carey, confronting hypocrisy and murder in a Boston hospital.
At a Boston hospital, a new surgeon, Dr. Carey, becomes an amateur sleuth to help clear a colleague's name who's been accused of botching an illegal abortion that killed a 15 year old girl; the daughter of the chief surgeon.
Directed by Blake Edwards and adapted from an early novel by Michael Crichton (writing under a pseudonym), The Carey Treatment is an existential murder mystery with a pathologist...
Overview. A doctor uncovers a hotbed of corruption when he tries to clear a colleague of a murder charge. Blake Edwards. Director. Michael Crichton. Novel. Harriet Frank Jr. Screenplay. Irving Ravetch.
