starring
Dyan Cannon , James Coco
Otto Preminger 's witty and compulsive film combines black comedy with a medical expose of some of the more gruesome aspects of American hospitals.
On the advice of his family doctor, art director Richard Messenger goes to hospital for the removal of a mole on his neck. The apparently trivial operation develops complications and causes Richard wife, Julie, to re-examine their relationship.
Based on the novel by LOIS GOULD , adapted by DAVID SHABER
Screenplay by ESTHER DALE
Produced and directed by OTTO PREMINGER Films, page 19