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Minor Complications

19801h 15mMovie

Kay Gilbert goes into hospital for a minor operation which goes badly wrong. Based on an actual case, this play tells the story of her fight for compensation.

Drama
TV Movie
Based On True Story
Hospital
Surgical Operation
Sterilization
Medical Drama

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Cast

Paola DionisottiKay
David HargreavesDavid
Bernard HolleyDr Whitemore
Benjamin WhitrowPhillips
Charles KayBrunston
Daniel GerrollFerguson
Barbara LaurensonSister
Maggie OllerenshawStaff nurse
Paul BrookeMornington
Elizabeth ChoiceConsultant
Stephen ChurchettDr Lacey
April WalkerSylvia
Susan Bovell'Illegible' doctor
Sarah WhitlockNurse

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Director: Moira Armstrong
Writers: Peter Ransley
Release date: November 18, 1980
Runtime: 1h 15m
Original language: English

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Movies like Minor Complications

Girl in the Box20166.2
Normal20038.6
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks20176.7
Awakenings19908.0
I Am Elizabeth Smart20176.3
Something the Lord Made20048.0
The Doctor19917.6
The Good Doctor20115.7
Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story20037.1
The Assault20146.2
Girl in the Bunker20185.8
Breakthrough20195.6

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