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Healer

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1hr 45min
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1994
Synopsis: An ex-con becomes a paramedic in this drama that also contains messages about the plight of the elderly. Nickel has just been paroled to a work-release program where he is to work off his final year in an ambulance service at the local hospital in the retirement resort, Seabreeze. He learns to be a paramedic from his cynical trainer Brent who sensitively categorizes his patients as "lizards, sevens, and turkeys" (translated as old folks, corpses, and fakers). During training, he encounters many characters ... Full Synopsis
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Ian McDiarmid, nominee for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play for “ Faith Healer”
Ian McDiarmid, nominee for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play for “ Faith Healer”
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