Deadly Care
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| genre = Drama
| director = David Anspaugh
| executive_producer = Joe Epstein
Wendy Riche
Paula Rudnick
| producer = Medora Heilbron
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| writer = Lane Slate
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| music = Tangerine Dream
| cinematography = James Crabe
| editor = Jane Schwartz Jaffe
| company = Universal Television
| network = CBS
| released = {{Start date|1987|03|22}}
| runtime = 96 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
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Deadly Care is a 1987 American made for television drama film starring Cheryl Ladd and Jason Miller.{{cite web|work=Sun-Sentinel|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1987-03-20/features/8701180403_1_tv-movie-nurse-deadly-care|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204084914/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1987-03-20/features/8701180403_1_tv-movie-nurse-deadly-care|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2017|title=Jason Miller Again Turns To Acting For 'Deadly Care'|date=March 20, 1987|author=Kelley, Bill}}{{cite web|work=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-03-21-ca-4487-story.html|title=Weekend Tv : More Tribute Shows Fill The Air|date=March 21, 1987|author=Margulies, Lee}}{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/10090246/|date=March 19, 1987|work=The Kerrville Times|location=Kerrville, Texas|page=10|title=Cheryl Ladd A Drug-Addicted Nurse In 'Deadly Care'}}{{cite web|title=Nurse Ladd Is No 'Angel' Of Mercy|date=March 13, 1987|author=Bobbin, Jay|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1987/03/13/nurse-ladd-is-no-angel-of-mercy/|work=Orlando Sentinel}}
Deadly Care was director David Anspaugh's last television film before directing the Academy Award-nominated film Hoosiers.
The film featured an original score by the band Tangerine Dream.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J7rDjqVu0qUC&q=deadly+care+tangerine+dream+cheryl+ladd&pg=PA104|publisher=SAF Publishing Ltd.|title=Digital Gothic: A Critical Discography of Tangerine Dream|author=Stamp, Paul|date=1997|page=104|isbn=9780946719181}}
Plot
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A critical care nurse abuses drugs and alcohol, causing her to make a near-fatal mistake in treating a patient.
Cast
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- Cheryl Ladd as Anne Halloran
- Jason Miller as Dr. Miles Keefer
- Jennifer Salt as Carol
- Belinda Balaski as Terry
- Richard Evans as Jim
- Silvana Gallardo as Blanca Orella
- Ann Hearn as Suze
- Peggy McCay as Mrs. Halloran
- Terrence E. McNally as Frank Halloran
- Chris Mulkey as Richard Halloran
- Laurie O'Brien as Gloria
- Willard Pugh as Male Nurse
- John Hammond as Larry
- Arthur Taxier as Dr. Davidson
- Patricia Wilson as Marsha Foland
- Micole Mercurio as Greta
- Patrick Campbell as Mr. Skinner
- Troy Melton as Mr. Duffy
- Beth Grant as Madge
- Troy Evans as Dr. Derwin
- S. A. Griffin as The Stranger
- Paddi Edwards as Mrs. Kellerman
- Scott Richard Ehredt as Dr. Jackson
- Frank Biro as Mr. Cafarelli
- Phyllis Flax as Mrs. Reardon
- Ron Recasner as Dr. Mallory
- Patricia Huston as Marsha Foland
- John Christy Ewing as Dr. Lloyd Lucas
- John Howard Swain as Joel
- Gerry Gibson as Farther O'Brien
- Noel De Souza as Dr. Wasanta
- Joe Dorsey as Mr. Halloran
- Suzanne O'Donnell as Stewardess
- Judy Jean Berns as Airport Clerk
- Daryl Wood as Woman in Elevator
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Reception
The Sun-Sentinel wrote "Deadly Care may be remembered as a career footnote: as director David Anspaugh's last TV movie before making the Oscar-nominated feature Hoosiers."
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0092845}}
- [https://archive.org/details/DeadlyCareCBSSundayMovieMar.221987 Deadly Care at Internet Archive]
{{David Anspaugh}}
Category:American English-language television shows
Category:1987 television films
Category:American drama television films
Category:Films directed by David Anspaugh