''Taking Care'', also known as ''Prescriptions for Murder'', is a 1987

Canadian Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''C ...

drama film, directed by Clarke Mackey."Hospital film dies in a bed of tedium". ''

Ottawa Citizen The ''Ottawa Citizen'' is an English-language daily newspaper owned by Postmedia Network in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. History Established as the Bytown ''Packet'' in 1845 by William Harris (journalist), William Harris, it was renamed the ''Ci ...

'', April 29, 1988. Loosely based on the real-life case of Susan Nelles, the film stars

Janet Amos Janet Amos (born 1945) is a Canadian theatre actress, director, educator, and playwright. Education Amos studied under Marjorie Purvey at the Toronto School of Radio Drama in the 1950s. She earned Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education de ...

as Marie, a maternity ward nurse who is accused of murder after three women die in childbirth under her care, and

Kate Lynch Kate Lynch (born June 29, 1959) is a Canadian film, television and stage actress, drama teacher, theatre director and playwright. Biography In 1980 she won the Genie Award for Best Actress for '' Meatballs''. She was notably adept at improvisa ...

as Angie O'Connell, her colleague who attempts to collect evidence to prove Marie's innocence. The cast also includes

Saul Rubinek Saul Hersh Rubinek (born July 2, 1948) is a Canadian actor, director, producer, and playwright. He is widely known for his television roles, notably Artie Nielsen on '' Warehouse 13,'' Donny Douglas on '' Frasier'', Lon Cohen on '' A Nero Wolf ...

, Barry Flatman, Jackie Richardson,

Allan Royal Allan Royal (born August 17, 1944) is a Canadian actor, who is also sometimes credited as Allan G. Royal and Alan Royal. He is known for playing the crime reporter Tom Kirkwood on the hit Canadian police drama ''Night Heat'' from 1985 to 1989. He ...

and Ron White. The film premiered at the 1987 Toronto International Film Festival. Lynch received a

Genie Award The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978), known as the "Etrog Awards" for sculptor ...

nomination for Best Actress at the 9th Genie Awards in 1988."Un zoo and Mermaids top Genie nominations". ''

Toronto Star The ''Toronto Star'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation and part of Torstar's Daily News Brands (Torstar), Daily News Brands division. ...

'', February 17, 1988.

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* 1987 films Canadian drama films English-language Canadian films 1980s English-language films 1980s Canadian films {{1980s-Canada-film-stub