''Sawbones'' (also known as ''Prescription for Murder'') is a 1995 American made for television

horror film Horror is a film genre that seeks to elicit physical or psychological fear in its viewers. Horror films often explore dark subject matter and may deal with Transgressive art, transgressive topics or themes. Broad elements of the genre include Mo ...

which was part of the '' Roger Corman Presents'' series.13 MONTHS IN 6 MONTHS: ome EditionKing, Susan. Los Angeles Times 9 July 1995: 4.

Plot

An edgy, terrifying tale about an intern who failed medical school... but never gave up surgery.

Cast

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as Detective Burt Miller * Nina Siemaszko as Jenny Sloan *

Barbara Carrera Barbara Kingsbury Carrera is a Nicaraguan-born American actress, model and painter. She is a two-time Golden Globe Award nominee, New Star of the Year – Actress for '' The Master Gunfighter'' (1975) and Best Supporting Actress – Motion Pi ...

as Rita Baldwin *

Don Stroud Donald Lee Stroud (born September 1, 1943) is an American actor, musician, and surfer. Stroud has appeared in over 100 films and 200 television shows. Early years Stroud is the son of vaudeville actor Clarence Stroud (of "The Stroud Twins" team) ...

as Captain Mowbray * Don Harvey as Willy Knapp *

Nicholas Sadler Nicholas Sadler (born 1967) is an American actor. Early life and career Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he was raised in Apple Valley, Minnesota, where he attended Apple Valley High School. He was accepted into the Juilliard School's Drama Depar ...

as Brad Fraser

Reception

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'' said: " ..it’s a fairly pedestrian genre expedition, sure, but it certainly accomplishes what it sets out to do and is a super fun way to kill an hour and a half."

References

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