"The comedy that teaches a new low in higher education."

1985

1h 38m

5.0(37 votes)

Comedy

Overview

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 then he gets a chance to study medicine abroad in a small Latin American dictatorship governed by the dictator Ramon Madera who has a big interest in how the medical students behave.

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Cast & Crew

38 members

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Steve Guttenberg

Jeff Marx

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Alan Arkin

Dr. Ramon Madera

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Julie Hagerty

Liz Parker

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Bill Macy

Dr. Gerald Marx

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Curtis Armstrong

Dennis Gladstone

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Julie Kavner

Cookie Katz

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Joe Grifasi

Gómez

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Robert Romanus

Carlos

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Taylor Negron

Pepe the Cab Driver

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Candi Milo

María Morales

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Gilbert Gottfried

Dr. Tony Sandoval

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Arturo Venegas

Jesús the Gunman

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Arne Gordon

Bruno the Witch Doctor

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Manuel Pereiro

Dr. Miguel Cervantes

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Eileen Way

Sra. Madera, Ramón's Mother

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Allan Corduner

Dr. Diaz the Bus Driver

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Tresa Hughes

Dr. Elisabeth Marx

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Martha Greene

Dr. Helene Marx

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José Canalejas

Professor Hugo

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Charles Paktell

Gonzales the Cadaver

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John Sterland

Dr. Beatty

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María del Pilar García

Estrellia, Jesús' Wife

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Emilia López Isunza

Alma

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Simón Andreu

Dr. Ortega, Madera's Physician

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Luis E. Hidalgo

Raúl Rodriguez

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Pedro Luis Lavilla

Pedro a Prisoner

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Luis Barboo

Prisoner

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Luis Gaspar

Morgue Attendant

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Luis Maluenda

Motorcycle Cop

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Alfredo Alvarez Pérez

Cafe Valencia Maitre'd

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Jose Maria Munoz Gambin

Policeman

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José Yepes

San Agustin Prison Guard

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José María Ochoa

Old Man

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Anastasio Pozo

Father Valdez

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Carolina Mata García

Yolanda

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Joaquín Solís del Cerro

Mute Prisoner

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Paloma Cela

Lupita

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Felíx Lázaro Ramos

Bernardo

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