
98 minutes
11/22/1985
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.

Steve Guttenberg
as Jeff Marx

Alan Arkin
as Dr. Ramon Madera

Julie Hagerty
as Liz Parker

Bill Macy
as Dr. Gerald Marx

Curtis Armstrong
as Dennis Gladstone

Julie Kavner
as Cookie Katz

Joe Grifasi
as Gómez

Robert Romanus
as Carlos

Taylor Negron
as Pepe the Cab Driver

Candi Milo
as María Morales

Gilbert Gottfried
as Dr. Tony Sandoval

Arturo Venegas
as Jesús the Gunman
Arne Gordon
as Bruno the Witch Doctor

Manuel Pereiro
as Dr. Miguel Cervantes

Eileen Way
as Sra. Madera, Ramón's Mother

Allan Corduner
as Dr. Diaz the Bus Driver

Tresa Hughes
as Dr. Elisabeth Marx
Martha Greene
as Dr. Helene Marx

José Canalejas
as Professor Hugo
Charles Paktell
as Gonzales the Cadaver
John Sterland
as Dr. Beatty
María del Pilar García
as Estrellia, Jesús' Wife
Emilia López Isunza
as Alma

Simón Andreu
as Dr. Ortega, Madera's Physician
Luis E. Hidalgo
as Raúl Rodriguez
Pedro Luis Lavilla
as Pedro a Prisoner

Luis Barboo
as Prisoner
Luis Gaspar
as Morgue Attendant
Luis Maluenda
as Motorcycle Cop
Alfredo Alvarez Pérez
as Cafe Valencia Maitre'd
Jose Maria Munoz Gambin
as Policeman
José Yepes
as San Agustin Prison Guard
José María Ochoa
as Old Man
Anastasio Pozo
as Father Valdez
Carolina Mata García
as Yolanda
Joaquín Solís del Cerro
as Mute Prisoner

Paloma Cela
as Lupita
Felíx Lázaro Ramos
as Bernardo