Patch Adams
Laughter is contagious.
7.3
3,537 votes
December 25, 1998
1h 55m
Comedy
Drama
Overview
The true story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, who in the 1970s found that humor is the best medicine, and was willing to do just anything to make his patients laugh—even if it meant risking his own career.
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Cast
Robin Williams
Patch Adams
Daniel London
Truman
Monica Potter
Carin
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Mitch
Bob Gunton
Dean Walcott
Josef Sommer
Dr. Eaton
Irma P. Hall
Joletta
Frances Lee McCain
Judy
Harve Presnell
Dean Anderson
Daniella Kuhn
Adelane
Peter Coyote
Bill Davis
James Greene
Bile
Michael Jeter
Rudy
Harold Gould
Arthur Mendelson
Bruce Bohne
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