Coma

Coma1978

Stars: Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas, Elizabeth Ashley, Rip Torn
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Rating: PG
Runtime: 113 minutes

Something is awry at Boston General Hospital. Dr. Wheeler's (Genevieve Bujold) friend Nancy goes in for a routine procedure, but never comes out of the anesthesia and slips into a coma. Wheeler learns that a tissue sample from the young woman went… more »



Dr. Wheeler:
Jim, I know it sounds silly but, supposing you wanted to put people into a coma, what would you do?

Jim:
You mean on purpose?

Pathology Resident:
Diethyl para-amino tannadol.

Jim:
No, no, leaves a serum trace.

Pathology Resident:
Yeah, if you know to look for it.

Jim:
But it also peaks alk phos. That's a real giveaway. Besides, who can get tannadol?

Pathology Resident:
Well, then you can use paradine.

Jim:
No, it has a taste. We'd all make great murderers. I mean, who knows better about murder than a pathologist?

Pathology Resident:
It sure keeps my wife in line.

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