

25/12/1998
Em 1969, após tentar suicidar-se, Hunter Adams dá entrada voluntariamente num sanatório psiquiátrico, onde se cura de uma depressão e descobre a sua verdadeira vocação: a medicina. Na faculdade, todavia, ele usa métodos pouco convencionais onde associa à terapêutica usual doses contagiantes de bom humor e uma grande proximidade com os doentes. Apesar de ter boas notas e dos resultados evidentes no ânimo e saúde dos doentes, o reitor da faculdade recusa-se a deixá-lo graduar-se, e tenta mesmo assim expulsá-lo da faculdade. Será que rir pode ser um remédio médico?

Robin Williams
as Hunter 'Patch' Adams

Monica Potter
as Carin Fisher

Philip Seymour Hoffman
as Mitch Roman

Daniel London
as Truman Schiff

Bob Gunton
as Dean Walcott

Harve Presnell
as Dean Anderson

Peter Coyote
as Bill Davis

Michael Jeter
as Rudy

Josef Sommer
as Dr. Eaton

Irma P. Hall
as Joletta

Barry Shabaka Henley
as Emmet

Frances Lee McCain
as Judy

Daniella Kuhn
as Adelane

James Greene
as Bile

Harold Gould
as Arthur Mendelson

Bruce Bohne
as Trevor Beene

Harry Groener
as Dr. Prack

Steven Anthony Jones
as Charlie

Richard Kiley
as Dr. Titan

Douglas Roberts
as Larry

Ellen Albertini Dow
as Aggie

Alan Tudyk
as Everton

Ryan Hurst
as Neil

Peter Siteri
as Chess Man

Don West
as Instructor

Greg Sestero
as Jaime

Jason Aaron Baca
as Patch Pirate

Ismael 'East' Carlo
as Hispanic Father

Diane Amos
as Older Waitress

Andy Arness
as Orderly (uncredited)

Renee Rogers
as Receptionist

Dot-Marie Jones
as Miss Meat

Ralph Peduto
as Organizer

Norman Alden
as Truck Driver

Sonya Eddy
as Older Waitress

Domenique Lozano
as Passerby

Ken Hoffman
as Big Texan

Roy Conrad
as E.R. Doctor

Jay Jacobus
as Jack Walton

Geoff Fiorito
as 3rd Year Student

Samuel Sheng
as 3rd Year Student

Kathleen Stefano
as Margery

Piers Mackenzie
as Dr. Hashman

Alex Gonzalez
as Hispanic Boy

Jake Bowen
as Bryan

Richard J. Silberg
as Psych Patient

James Anthony Cotton
as Psych Patient

Michael X. Sommers
as Psych Patient

David Fine
as Psych Patient

James Carraway
as Psych Patient

J. Stephen Coyle
as Psych Patient

Wanda McCaddon
as Woman in Lobby

Wanda Christine
as Nurse Klegg

Lorri Holt
as Pediatric Nurse

Stephanie Smith
as Laughing Nurse

Mary DeLorenzo
as Nurse

Vivis Colombetti
as Hysterical Woman (as Vivis)

Donna Kimball
as Waitress

Lydell M. Cheshier
as Younger Man

Kelvin Han Yee
as Orderly (as Kelvin Yee)

Doreen Foo Croft
as Asian Woman (as Doreen Chou Croft)

Bill Roberson
as Fred Jarvis

Randy Oglesby
as Pinstriped Man

Vilma Vitanva
as Maria (as Vilma Vitanza)

Bonnie Johnson
as Walcott's Secretary

Karen Pavlick
as Mrs. Davis (as Karen Michel)

James Allen
as Ed

Katherine Fitzhugh
as Mrs. O'Bannon (as Katherine A. Fitzhugh)

Kyle Timothy Smith
as Davis Son

Jonathan Holder
as Davis Son

Shannon Orrock
as Receptionist

George Lee
as Boardroom Doctor (as George Lee Masters)

Dan P. Hannafin
as Boardroom Doctor (as Daniel P. Hannafin)

Roger W. Durrett
as Boardroom Doctor

Ralph David Westfall
as Gynecologist

Thom McIntyre
as Gynecologist

Michael Stanton Kennedy
as Gynecologist (as Michael Kennedy)

David Acuff
as Dr. Anderson (uncredited)
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