Film7.31998115m

Patch Adams

Name: Patch Adams
Director: Tom Shadyac
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1998-12-25
Cast: Robin Williams, Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Daniel London, Bob Gunton

ComedyDrama

The true story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, who in the 1970s found that humor is the best medicine, and was willing to do just anything to make his patients laugh—even if it meant risking his own career.

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Cast

Robin WilliamsMonica PotterPhilip Seymour HoffmanDaniel LondonBob GuntonHarve PresnellPeter CoyoteMichael JeterJosef SommerIrma P. HallBarry Shabaka HenleyFrances Lee McCain

Director

Tom Shadyac

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