Where Does It Hurt?

Where Does It Hurt?
Directed by	Rod Amateau
Produced by	Rod Amateau; William Schwartz; executive; Joseph Shaftel
Screenplay by	Rod Amateau
Based on	Novel by; Rod Amateau; Budd Robinson
Starring	Peter Sellers; Jo Ann Pflug; Rick Lenz; Pat Morita; Harold Gould
Music by	Keith Allison
Cinematography	Brick Marquard
Edited by	Mario Morra; Stanley Rabjohn
Production; company	Josef Shaftel Productions Inc.
Distributed by	Cinerama Releasing Corporation; (1972, original); American International Pictures; (re-release)
Release date	September 29, 1972 (US)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Where Does it Hurt? is a 1972 American comedy film written and directed by Rod Amateau and starring Peter Sellers, Jo Ann Pflug, Rick Lenz, Pat Morita, and Harold Gould. The film is a darkly satirical look at capitalism in a hospital environment.[1]

Plot

Sellers plays hospital administrator Albert T. Hopfnagel, who oversees a facility that is more interested in generating revenue than it is in providing sound medical care.

When construction worker Lester Hammond (Lenz) shows up needing nothing more than a chest X-ray, he is immediately admitted and subjected to a battery of tests. Hopfnagel rides the staff to perform more unnecessary surgeries and pad patient bills, while making time with multiple female staff members. When Hopfnagel finally ends up in jail for his devious deeds, he plots a revenge in which he will return to the hospital as a patient and be given an unnecessary operation that he can then sue the hospital over. But the plan backfires.

Cast

Peter Sellers as Hopfnagel
Jo Ann Pflug as Alice Gilligan
Rick Lenz as Lester Hammond
Harold Gould as Dr. Zerny
Pat Morita as Nishimoto

Production

The film was announced in June 1971.[2] Filming started in July 1971 in Los Angeles.[3]

Reception

TV Guide describes the film by writing, “The language is profane, the proceedings inane, and the story insane…If you hate doctors, Mexicans, homosexuals, blacks, females, Catholics, Jews, Italians, Japanese, insurance companies, hospitals, Poles, and humanity, you'll love this movie.”[4] Nonetheless, the film holds a 64% fresh rating, based on 144 reviews, on Rotten Tomatoes.[5]

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References

WHERE DOES IT HURT? Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 39, Iss. 456, (Jan 1, 1972): 175.
The 'Savages' Are Coming Up the Hudson: The 'Savages' By A. H. WEILER. New York Times (20 June 1971: D15.
Sellers Leaves 3rd Wife at Home Los Angeles Times 8 July 1971: f11.
"Where Does It Hurt?". TV Guide. CBS Interactive. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
"Where Does It Hurt?". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved January 1, 2020.

External links

Where Does It Hurt? on IMDb

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[1] WHERE DOES IT HURT? Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 39, Iss. 456, (Jan 1, 1972): 175.

[2] The 'Savages' Are Coming Up the Hudson: The 'Savages' By A. H. WEILER. New York Times (20 June 1971: D15.

[3] Sellers Leaves 3rd Wife at Home Los Angeles Times 8 July 1971: f11.

[4] "Where Does It Hurt?". TV Guide. CBS Interactive. Retrieved May 26, 2016.

[5] "Where Does It Hurt?". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved January 1, 2020.