Genre			Comedy
Rating			R
Length			1:40
Director			Michael Apted
Writer			Denis Hamill John Hamill
Company			Paramount Pictures
Starring			Richard Pryor Rachel Ticotin Rubén Blades Maria Cardinale Joe Mantegna Bob Dishy Show more... Richard Pryor Rachel Ticotin Rubén Blades Maria Cardinale Joe Mantegna Bob Dishy Sylvia Miles Joe Dallesandro Randall 'Tex' Cobb Bob Saget Joseph Ragno Jon Polito Garrett Morris Brian Tarantina Jude Ciccolella

Eddie (Richard Pryor) is a convicted criminal who faked insanity to avoid going to prison and now resides in a New York psychiatric ward. When a hurricane wind disrupts the hospital's power, Eddie hopes to escape by disguising himself as a doctor--only to be pressed into service as the blackout's primary physician, with predictably zany results.