Anthony Edwards
Boyd Geary
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Aug 2, 1990 · With Anthony Edwards, Grace Zabriskie, Cynthia Bain, Chris Mulkey. A smalltown boy moves to the big city to go to medical school. He never tells his proud mother that he dropped out and does not have a successful psychiatry practice like she assumes. He is actually getting by as a waiter.
- (82)
- Comedy, Drama
- David Burton Morris
- 1990-08-02
Hometown Boy Makes Good - Where to Watch and Stream - TV Guide. 1990. 1 hr 35 mins. Comedy. R. Watchlist. A med-school dropout (Anthony Edwards) must operate quickly to cover his story that...
- 2 min
Edwards plays Boyd Geary - the hometown boy of the title, a med. school drop-out who returns to his childhood abode to visit his mother and break the news of his failure to keep up with his studies. Naturally circumstances conspire against his well-meaning intentions, and after many abortive attempts to reveal the truth he is coaxed into ...
1h 25m. A boy from the Midwest goes to San Francisco and gets a job as a waiter, but tells his parents he has become a doctor. Returning home ten years later, he ends up perpetuating the lie by setting up practice -- as a psychiatrist.
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A med school burnout returns to his small home town, but when he decides against telling his mother that he dropped out, complications ensue.
