The Carey Treatment (1972)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Blake Edwards

Writers:

Michael Crichton (novel)
Harriet Frank Jr. (writer)

Release Date:

17 November 1972 (Denmark)

Genre:

Mystery

Tagline:

Peter Carey M.D.: arrives from the coast - finds hypocrisy in a big Boston hospital - and a brilliant surgeon accused of abortion that turns to murder.

Plot:

Dr. Peter Carey is a pathologist at a Boston hospital. The daughter of the hospital's Chief of Staff dies after an illegal abortion goes wrong...

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Doctor | Based On Novel | Character Name In Title

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

James Coburn	...	Dr. Peter Carey
Jennifer O'Neill	...	Georgia Hightower
Pat Hingle	...	Capt. Pearson
Skye Aubrey	...	Nurse Angela Holder
Elizabeth Allen	...	Evelyn Randall
John Fink	...	Chief Surgeon Andrew Murphy
Dan O'Herlihy	...	J.D. Randall
James Hong	...	David Tao
Alex Dreier	...	Dr. Joshua Randall
Michael Blodgett	...	Roger Hudson
Regis Toomey	...	Sanderson the Pathologist
Steve Carlson	...	Walding
Rosemary Edelman	...	Janet Tao
Jennifer Edwards	...	Lydia Barrett
John Hillerman	...	Jenkins

Also Known As:

A Case of Murder (Australia)
Emergency Ward

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:16 | UK:X (original rating) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:PG | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

Geoffrey Productions

Trivia:

Working title: "A Case of Need".

Goofs:

Continuity: When Dr. Carey drives erratically to intimidate his passenger into telling him what she knows about the murder, her passenger side window alternates between completely open and completely closed.

Quotes:

Dr. Peter Carey: Will you keep your eyes on my goods?

Mis-"Treatment"....

Not many people remember "The Carey Treatment", and I can't say I blame them.

Blake Edwards did this during his lean years (i.e. - between "Pink Panther" movies.) and for a story of a doctor turned detective (Coburn) working to solve a murder in his hospital, it's actually pretty forgettable.

Coburn is dependable as always and O'Neill is beautiful as always but there just seems to be something missing from the proceedings. The story twists and turns aren't very involving and even the climax, which is supposed to be nerve-wracking, is gut-wrenching instead.

A missed opportunity altogether, and an unfortunate one at that, since it was based on a Michael Crichton book.

Oh well, at least Crichton didn't write a sequel to it.

One star. "Carey" on, Coburn.