Healer (film)

Healer is a 1994 American dramatic film starring Tyrone Power Jr., Tobey Maguire, David McCallum, John Johnston, Turhan Bey, DeLane Matthews and directed by John G. Thomas.^[1]

Plot

An ex-con has just been paroled to a work-release program where he must work off his final year as an ambulance Emergency Medical Technician in the retirement resort, Seabreeze. David McCallum plays a comedic role as the "Jackal" an opportunistic drifter who uses the emergency system as a personal taxi service to allow him to feed his drug habit and get out of trouble.

Cast

Turhan Bey came out of an over forty year absence from film acting to play an elderly man confined to a nursing home who provides the main character reason to carry on in an incredibly demanding job. This was David McCallum's penultimate on-screen film role. Tobey Maguire had one of his earliest roles as a stoned teenager in a car wreck.

Main cast

• Tyrone Power Jr. as Nickel (credited as Tyrone Power)
• John R. Johnston as Brent (credited as John R. Johnson)
• Turhan Bey as Igor Vostovich
• DeLane Matthews as Francie
• David McCallum as The Jackal
• Lee Patterson as Sergeant Gaylor

Supporting cast

• Tobey Maguire as Teenager
• Jeanne Stawiarski as Waitress (uncredited)

References