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6.8When relatively healthy patients begin having 'complications' during simple operations and ending up in comas, a concerned doctor defies her male superiors when she suspects a secret plot.
Released: 1978-01-06113 minDir: Michael CrichtonThriller, Mystery, HorrorBudget: $4.5M
Cast
- Geneviève Bujold as Dr. Susan Wheeler
- Michael Douglas as Dr. Mark Bellows
- Elizabeth Ashley as Mrs. Emerson
- Rip Torn as Dr. George
- Richard Widmark as Dr. Harris
- Lois Chiles as Nancy Greenly
Themes
- boston, massachusetts
- black market
- questioning
- desperate
- organ trafficking
- suspenseful
- baffled
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Ratings
IMDb
6.9/10
22,360 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
81%
Metacritic
60/100
- Year
- 1978
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 114
- FilmAffinity ID
- 586150
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- publication date
- 1978-01-06
- title
- Coma
- review score
- 81%
- capital cost
- 4000000
- box office
- 50000000
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Categories
1970s psychological thriller films1970s science fiction horror films1978 American films1978 English-language films1978 films1978 horror films1978 science fiction filmsAmerican science fiction horror filmsEnglish-language science fiction horror filmsEnglish-language thriller filmsFilms about conspiracy theoriesFilms about organ tradeFilms based on American novelsFilms based on thriller novelsFilms directed by Michael CrichtonFilms scored by Jerry GoldsmithFilms set in BostonFilms set in MassachusettsFilms shot in BostonFilms shot in Los AngelesFilms shot in MassachusettsFilms with screenplays by Michael CrichtonMedical-themed filmsMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer films