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Strong Medicine

Strong Medicine

1986TV Movie⏱️ 3h 0m
Drama
6.4
IMDB Rating
107 votes

A woman starts working for a prestigious pharmaceutical company that's developing a new miraculous cure. Soon, she discovers what a devious and cut-throat business pharmaceutical industry can be.

Director
Guy Green
Writers
Arthur Hailey, Rita Lakin
Stars
David Gilliam, Pamela Sue Martin, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Release Date
April 28, 1986
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom, United States
💬 3
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

David Gilliam
David Gilliam
as Personnel Director
Pamela Sue Martin
Pamela Sue Martin
as Celia Grey
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
as Eli Camperdown
Dick Van Dyke
Dick Van Dyke
as Sam Hawthorne
Annette O'Toole
Annette O'Toole
as Jessica Weitz
👤
Michael Thoma
as Bill Weitz
Kristoffer Tabori
Kristoffer Tabori
as Michael Stein
Sam Neill
Sam Neill
as Vince Lord
Dennis Creaghan
Dennis Creaghan
as Clint Etheridge
👤
Douglas Lambert
as Bud Jones

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Color
Filming Location
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Production
Telepictures Productions, Television South (TVS)

🏷️ Keywords

cover upmiracle drugpharmaceutical industrypharmacistbased on novel

🎯 Categories

Drama

⭐ Featured Review

Strong Medicine, Strong Drama
by stugood-070062023-05-04
7/10

"Melodramatic and quasi-fairytale like-moments reach to serve the idealism of heroism. However, the whole thing is a rather delightful saga depicting themes of friendship, corruption, and changing relationships. Dick Van Dyke is great as the diplomatic boss and Annette O'Toole is cast perfectly as the best friend, although it's likely this two-parter would have ran out of steam without its lead, Pamela Sue Martin. Probably a forgotten talent now, but quite worth becoming acquainted with, especially if all her work is this good. The author's centrepiece of the pharmaceutical indus..."

💡 Did You Know?

Final work of director Guy Green.

📖 Synopsis

A woman starts working for a prestigious pharmaceutical company that's developing a new miraculous cure. Soon, she discovers what a devious and cut-throat business pharmaceutical industry can be.