
“The ultimate drama in the human comedy.”
Ken Harrison is an artist that lives to make sculptures. One day he is involved in a car accident, and is paralyzed from his neck down. All he can do is talk and move his head, and he wants to die. Whilst he is in hospital he makes friends with some of the staff, and they support him when he goes to trial to be allowed to die.
Release Date: 12/2/1981
Runtime: 119 minutes
Languages: Spanish, English
Director: John Badham
Budget: $11.5M
Revenue: $6.1M
Companies: SLM Production Group, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Cooney/Schute Productions
Countries: United States of America
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Mary Jo Sadler

Thomas Carter
Orderly John
Alba Oms
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Janet Eilber
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Kathryn Grody
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George Wyner
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