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
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