Patch Adams poster
Screenplay Steve Oedekerk
Director Tom Shadyac

Patch Adams

Tagline: Laughter is contagious.

Release Date: 1998-12-25

Duration: 115 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Robin Williams
    Hunter "Patch" Adams
  • Alan Tudyk
    Everton
  • Monica Potter
    Carin Fisher
  • Bob Gunton
    Dean Walcott
  • Harold Gould
    Arthur Mendelson
  • Ryan Hurst
    Neil
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman
    Mitch Roman
  • Michael Jeter
    Rudy
  • Josef Sommer
    Dr. Eaton
  • Harve Presnell
    Dean Anderson