Bill Macy | 80's Movie Guide

Taglines: An inside look at the best student in the world's worst medical school. Bad Medicine movie storyline. Jeff Marx wants to study medicine and become a physician. However, his grades are far from enough to get him into an American medical school. But instead he gets a chance to study medicine abroad, in a small Latin American dictatorship, governed by the dictator Ramon Madera, who fall in love with Jeff's girlfriend, also a medical student. Bad Medicine is a 1985 American comedy film starring Steve Guttenberg, Alan Arkin and Julie Hagerty. The film was written and directed by Harvey Miller, and was based on the novel Calling Dr. Horowitz, by Steven Horowitz, MD and Neil Offen. The film was criticized for its negative ethnic stereotypes. Although the film is set "Somewhere in Central America," it was filmed entirely in Spain. It was released by 20th Century Fox, and was one of three 1985 films to feature Hagerty in a starring role, the others being Lost in America and Goodbye, New York. Bad Medicine (1985) Directed by: Harvey Miller Starring: Steve Guttenberg, Alan Arkin, Julie Hagerty, Bill Macy, Curtis Armstrong, Julie Kavner, Candi Milo, Robert Romanus Screenplay by: Neil Offen Production Design by: Leslie Dilley Cinematography by: Kelvin Pike Film Editing by: O. Nicholas Brown, John Jympson, Keith Palmer Costume Design by: Rita Riggs Set Decoration by: Ian Whittaker Music by: Lalo Schifrin Distributed by: 20th Century Fox Release Date: November 22, 1985