''Paramedics'' is a 1988

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starring

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and

Christopher McDonald Christopher McDonald (born February 15, 1955) is an American film, television, theatre and voice actor. McDonald is best known for playing the villainous professional golfer Shooter McGavin in the 1996 comedy ''Happy Gilmore''. Other notable ...

Plot

When this group of rowdy and raunchy, laid-back

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s are transferred from their cushy uptown district to the rough south-end, they find plenty of trouble when they discover the tough guys are playing a "corpses-for-dollars"

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and they want to crack the case. Mike "Mad Mike" and "Uptown", having been sent to the new district by their boss, Captain Prescott, as a form of punishment, soon discover that two

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s are working with gang members in order to provide dead bodies, which would be harvested for

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to be sold on the

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. So they decide to bring down the black market and their old boss, who has nothing to do with the black market, but has ended up their boss again in the South District. All of this Uptown is dealing with his girlfriend, Savannah, who wants him to focus and go to med school, and Mad Mike, who is smitten with a French woman (Liette), who is transporting a heart from France that is needed for a transplant. There is a subplot about a mystery woman named "Danger Girl" who seduces her lovers to the point they meet with bizarre accidents, as was the case of the judge who had a near fatal

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and a man who drove his car into a

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. At the end of the film, she meets up with Captain Prescott, who much to his chagrin, has been named Deputy Chief of the South District, on the recommendation of heroes Uptown and Mad Mike, who receive special recognition for breaking up the black market scheme.

Cast

as "Uptown" *

as Mike "Mad Mike" *

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as Captain Prescott * James Noble as Chief Wilkins *

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as Dr. Lido * Elaine Wilkes as Savannah *

Lydie Denier Lydie Denier (born 15 April 1964) is a French-American model and actress. She has appeared in numerous TV series and films. Biography Early life She was born in Pontchâteau, France. Denier was raised in Martinique, attending school at the ...

as Liette *

Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs (born September 4, 1953) is an American actor and singer. Best known for playing Freddie "Boom Boom" Washington in ''Welcome Back Kotter'' (1975–79), he has also appeared in a number of films and television shows, in ...

as "Blade Runner" *

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as "Danger Girl" *

Ray Walston Herman Raymond Walston (November 2, 1914 – January 1, 2001) was an American actor and comedian, well known as the title character on ''My Favorite Martian''. His other major film, television, and stage roles included Luther Billis (''South Paci ...

as Heart Attack Patient * Leigh Hamilton as Despatcher * Peter Isackson as Breedlove * Eric Boardman as White * Lisa Applewhite as Nurse Helms * Helanie Lembeck as Lieutenant Holcomb * Bill Johnson as Caesar "Big Caesar"

DVD release

Lions Gate Home Entertainment has not announced any current plans to release the film onto DVD.

Notes

References

External links

* * 1988 films 1980s sex comedy films American sex comedy films 1980s English-language films Films shot in Dallas Medical-themed films Vestron Pictures films Teen sex comedy films 1988 comedy films Films directed by Stuart Margolin 1980s American films {{1980s-comedy-film-stub