Bad Medicine Page #6

Synopsis: 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 instead he gets a chance to study medicine abroad, in a small Latin American dictatorship, governed by the dictator Ramon Madera, who fall in love with Jeff's girlfriend, also a medical student.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Harvey Miller
Production: Fox
 
IMDB:
4.4
PG-13
Year:
1985
98 min
203 Views


It's not...

something else. Next.

There's a very large bill

from the pharmacy.

You want I should pay it?

It's a mistake.

Check the inventory.

Next.

The Americans

are back.

The meeting

is adjourned.

Dr. Madera,

You must get me

more cadavers.

My students

cannot possibly

Prepare for this exam

with only one cadaver!

We need at least

two cadavers...

They want

to learn,

They will

find a way!

time's up!

Five minutes!

Next group

to use the cadaver.

Hey, Sandoval, I didn't

get to see the spleen.

I'll send you

a picture.

The four

physiological fluids

That flow through

the body are?

Blood.

Phlegm.

Water.

Bile.

Yeah! Good, good, good!

This car

needs a tune-Up.

It's better

than putting pesos

In Pepe's pockets.

Hey, hey, hey.

Hey.

Three more

and we're in.

Closed?

What?

Hey! Hey! Hey!

Cerrado? Cerrado?

Cerrado?

How are we supposed to learn

anatomy like this? I mean...

This sucks. Look,

we need our own cadaver.

That's all there is to it.

Wouldn't we need a

dead body for that?

We don't need

a whole body,

Just an arm,

a leg, and a thigh.

Hey, this isn't

colonel sanders.

Ahem.

May I help you?

How do you do?

We'd like to buy

a body.

I have never heard

such a disgusting thing!

Get out!

Pesos.

May I suggest

Gonzales?

He was killed

just last night

In a police shoot-Out.

Oh,

he's perfect!

Yes, indeed.

Come on.

Hurry up before

somebody sees us.

Oh, god,

he's heavy!

He's dead weight.

I think rigor mortis

is setting in.

I wonder how

Gonzales feels

Being carried around

like this.

I know it's

no fun for me.

He's beyond caring.

Besides, guy may end up

curing cancer here.

What?

What?

Ok, boys, let's all

think real hard.

We're gonna have to put Gonzales on ice

somewhere when we get him home, okay?

We'll keep him

in the bathtub.

Yeah, but whose?

We'll rotate him,

or we can divvy him up.

foot. Foot. Foot.

This is very

uncomfortable.

What's the matter,

You never walked

with a cadaver before?

Buenas noches.

Hola.

People are giving us

funny looks.

We gotta get him

off the street.

Can you blame 'em?

Gonzales with those

beady eyes of his.

Can't you get

his head down or something?

Just push, just push.

Let me massage

the neck.

Ok, one, two, three!

Ow! Ow!

What? What?

I got a cramp.

I got a cramp.

I got to

sit down.

All right, back up.

It's over here.

Oh! Oh!

Aw, this is nuts.

Whose idea was this,

anyways?

Yours.

Yours.

Guys, our friend's

not too obvious.

Come on, come one. Let's get out

of here. Let's get out of here.

How far is it

to the dorm?

About four more blocks.

Oh, sh*t,

it's Pepe.

Where? Oh,

he's coming back.

He's coming back.

Where have you guys been?

I miss you.

I'm glad he's here.

I can't walk

any further.

Just be cool, be cool.

Let's not share

our illegal secret, okay?

Get up, get up.

He's coming over,

he's coming over.

Hola.

Hola.

I don't think

I know your friend.

I'm Pepe.

I said, I'm Pepe.

What's the matter

with him?

He's been drinking.

Yeah, we're

all drunk.

Smashed.

Still,

he can say hello.

No, no,

he's real sad.

He's very

depressed.

Yeah, he's in bad

shape, Pepe.

He's had a death

in the family,

Someone very close.

I think it's best

That he stays alone

with friends.

In that case Pepe has

a discount for the bereaved.

Let me help you

with him.

Oh, that's nice.

Thank you, Pepe.

All right, come on.

Did you hear that?

A discount!

Must be our lucky day.

Go.

Get his legs up.

We missed.

Your friend

is very tense.

You would be, too.

I'm losing him,

I'm losing him.

It's kind of

stuffy in here.

Do you mind

if I drive

With the car door open? Not

at all. Go ahead. Please.

You guys are

so quiet tonight.

It's one of those nights. Yeah.

Your friend is

really out of it.

But I know

what it's like

To lose a family

member.

Last night,

a cousin of mine

Was killed in

a police shoot-Out.

Hmm?

Hmm?

I feel kind of bad,

you know,

Because I was the one

who squealed on him.

I was having an affair

with his wife.

He deserved to die.

Mother of god,

it's Gonzales!

Aah!

Ahh!

Ahh!

What's the number

of the American embassy?

Did you know

Your left

taillight is out?

What's so funny,

friend?

I'm talking to you!

He can't talk, officer.

He's had major dental work.

His jaw's wired shut.

I know that face.

Looks like a guy

We shot up

last night.

It looks like

your cousin, Pepe.

It looks like him

but it isn't.

I'll let you go with

a warning this time.

Oh, man.

I want a big tip.

Peanut butter

with bread.

Peanut butter

with bread.

Beer drinkers

live longer.

Beer drinkers

live longer.

Soccer players

have stamina.

Soccer players

have stamina.

yeah.

Oh, hi.

How you doing?

Oh, god.

If you want Gonzales,

He's on ice

in Dennis' bathtub.

I just came

from there.

Boy, these exams

really scare me.

All this memorizing

and theorizing and stuff.

Is memorizing

a problem?

Yeah.

Ooh, did you come

to the right place!

I'm working

on a system.

Yeah, I got this

whole thing figured out.

I mean, everything.

Let me just show you.

I'll find a good one.

Uh, um, ok.

What are the four

Physiological fluids

of the body?

Blood.

Phlegm.

Water...

just think of the words

"peanut butter with bread,"

The first letters

of each word.

Peanut. "P."

Phlegm.

Butter. "B."

Blood.

With. "W."

Water.

Bread. "B."

Bile!

Right! God, that's...

That's real clever!

I got a whole list here

by subject.

I Xeroxed this

for you.

It's got, like,

30 of them.

So, whatever,

you know...

There's anatomy,

histology here... Terrific.

God, you're great!

Ah, well.

Oh, god!

Jeff?

Yeah?

I think we have a great

relationship. Yeah?

Umm, I wouldn't want to do

anything to ruin it.

Yeah.

But could we be lovers?

Hmm?

I mean, it

would have to be purely sexual

Because I can't afford to

get involved. No problem.

I mean, someday I want

an emotional commitment,

And I would like

to marry a man,

Me too. But right now,

for the next four years,

School's the only

thing in my life.

Oh, I understand,

I understand

totally. Totally.

So, the next question's when?

When?

I don't know.

I haven't really

thought about it.

All right,

I'll look it up.

Date book. Let's see.

Weekends are out

Because we

have the clinic.

Fridays are bad

Because those are

my late study nights.

Mornings.

Middle of the day.

No. Early study session.

Uh, middle

of the night.

Anytime. Meals,

I'll be willing

to give up meals.

I'm free from 4:
00

to 5:
00 on Tuesday.

4:
00 to 5:00

on Tuesday?

Let's make it

official.

Let me

get my book.

4:
00 to 5:00. Is excellent.

Excellent. All right.

Sex...

Jeff, two fs.

Right.

Right.

Okay.

Great.

Wait!

Today's Tuesday.

Oh.

Um...

we got a letter

from Jeffrey today.

Seems to like school.

Says he scored high

on his anatomy final.

Finals?

It's January.

It seems they give

weekly finals there.

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