Coma
Imagine your life hangs by a thread. Imagine your body hangs by a wire. Imagine you're not imagining.
1978 | 113m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Michael Crichton |
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| Writer: | Michael Crichton, Robin Cook |
| Staring: |
| When relatively healthy patients begin having 'complications' during simple operations and ending up in comas, a concerned doctor defies her male superiors when she suspects a secret plot. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 06, 1978 |
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| Director: | Michael Crichton |
| Writer: | Michael Crichton, Robin Cook |
| Genres: | Mystery, Thriller |
| Keywords | boston, massachusetts, black market, questioning, desperate, organ trafficking, suspenseful, baffled |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $4,500,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 05, 2026 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Geneviève Bujold | Dr. Susan Wheeler |
| Michael Douglas | Dr. Mark Bellows |
| Elizabeth Ashley | Mrs. Emerson |
| Rip Torn | Dr. George |
| Richard Widmark | Dr. Harris |
| Lois Chiles | Nancy Greenly |
| Hari Rhodes | Dr. Morelind |
| Richard Doyle | Jim |
| Alan Haufrect | Dr. Marcus |
| Lance LeGault | Vince |
| Michael MacRae | Chief Resident |
| Frank Downing | Kelly |
| Gary Barton | Computer Technician |
| Betty McGuire | Nurse |
| Tom Selleck | Sean Murphy |
| Charles Siebert | Dr. Goodman |
| William Wintersole | Lab Technician |
| Ernest Anderson | First Doctor |
| Harry Basch | Second Doctor |
| Maury Cooper | Third Doctor |
| Joni Palmer | Dance Instructor |
| Joanna Kerns | Diane |
| Kay Cole | Sally |
| Tom Borut | Dr. Cowans |
| Philip G. Brooks | Dr. Richards |
| Benny Rubin | Mr. Schwartz |
| David Hollander | Jimmy |
| Dick Balduzzi | 1st Maintenance Man |
| Gary Bisig | 2nd Maintenance Man |
| Kurt Andon | 1st Cop |
| Wyatt Johnson | 2nd Cop |
| Mike Lally | Security Man |
| John Widlock | Norman |
| Duane Tucker | 1st Man in Shower |
| Del Hinkley | 2nd Man in Shower |
| Paul Ryan | 1st Technician |
| Michael Mann | 2nd Technician |
| Sarina C. Grant | Woman in Elevator |
| David McKnight | Man in Elevator |
| Gerald Benston | Anesthetist |
| Ed Harris | Pathology Resident |
| Joe Bratcher | Surgical Resident |
| Martin Speer | Surgical Resident |
| Roger Newman | Surgical Resident |
| Paul Davidson | Surgical Resident |
| Amentha Dymally | Nurse |
| Lois Walden | Nurse |
| Sharron Frame | Nurse |
| Sue Bugden | Nurse |
| Susie Luner | Nurse |
| Vaughn Armstrong | Jefferson Institute Security Guard (uncredited) |
| Jason Bernard | Surgical Resident (uncredited) |
| Gerald Berns | Security Guard (uncredited) |
| Jeffrey Corazzini | Patient (uncredited) |
| Bob Dio | Subway Passenger (uncredited) |
| Philip Baker Hall | Doctor (uncredited) |
| Edward C. Higgins | Security Guard (uncredited) |
| Mary D. Mascari | Doctor (uncredited) |
| Gerry Vichi | Ambulance Driver (uncredited) |
| Nicholas Worth | Patterson Institute Chief of Security (uncredited) |
| Robert Burton | Pathology Resident |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Michael Crichton | Screenplay, Director |
| Jerry Goldsmith | Original Music Composer |
| Victor J. Kemper | Director of Photography |
| Sam Christensen | Casting |
| Rick Simpson | Set Decoration |
| Carrie White | Hairstylist |
| David Bretherton | Editor |
| Albert Brenner | Production Design |
| Don Schoenfeld | Makeup Artist |
| Robin Cook | Novel |
| Joyce Robinson | Casting |
| Carolyn Ferguson | Hairstylist |
| Phil Rawlins | Unit Production Manager |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Martin Erlichman | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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| 2024 | 4 | 23 | 42 | 16 |
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| 2026 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
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