Shocktrauma
Encyclopedia
Shocktrauma is a 1982 television film produced in Canada and syndicated nationally in the USA by sponsor General Foods
. The screenplay
by Stephen Kandel is based on the book by Jon Franklin
and Alan Doelp, which details the true story of the first trauma center in America, founded in Baltimore, Maryland. It was directed by Eric Till
.
Dick Atkins and Michael Lepiner were the Executive Producers, with Christopher Dalton and Wayne Fenske as producers. The production stars William Conrad
as Dr. R Adams Cowley - the heart surgeon who pioneered trauma care. The film's score was composed by Eric Robertson
.
General Foods
General Foods Corporation was a company whose direct predecessor was established in the USA by Charles William Post as the Postum Cereal Company in 1895. The name General Foods was adopted in 1929, after several corporate acquisitions...
. The screenplay
Screenplay
A screenplay or script is a written work that is made especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writing. In them, the movement, actions, expression, and dialogues of the characters are also narrated...
by Stephen Kandel is based on the book by Jon Franklin
Jon Franklin
Jon Daniel Franklin is an Pulitzer Prize-winning American author. He was born on January 13, 1943 in Enid, Oklahoma. He won the first Pulitzer Prizes for Feature Writing in 1979 and for Explanatory Journalism in 1985, both for his work as a science writer with the Baltimore Evening Sun. Franklin...
and Alan Doelp, which details the true story of the first trauma center in America, founded in Baltimore, Maryland. It was directed by Eric Till
Eric Till
Eric Till is a British film and television director working in Canada, the United States, and Europe since the 1960s.-Career:...
.
Dick Atkins and Michael Lepiner were the Executive Producers, with Christopher Dalton and Wayne Fenske as producers. The production stars William Conrad
William Conrad
William Conrad was an American actor, producer and director whose career spanned five decades in radio, film and television....
as Dr. R Adams Cowley - the heart surgeon who pioneered trauma care. The film's score was composed by Eric Robertson
Eric Robertson (composer)
Eric Nathan Robertson is a Scottish composer, organist, pianist, and record producer who has been primarily active in Canada. A two time Gemini Award winner, he has composed more than 60 film scores and written music for a number of television series in Canada and the United States...
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Cast
- Philip AkinPhilip AkinPhilip Akin is a Canadian actor who has been active for over thirty years in stage, film, and television. He has had featured roles in major American films such as The Sum of All Fears, S.W.A.T., and Get Rich or Die Tryin’...
as Sam Hooke - Leslie CarlsonLeslie CarlsonLeslie Carlson is a character, film and television actor. He acted on stage in both the U.S...
as Elton Bates - Jim Chad as John Grady
- Lawrence Dane as Dr. Jordan Tracy
- Scott HylandsScott HylandsScott Hylands is a Canadian actor who has appeared in movies, television, and on the stage. He is probably best known for his role of Detective Kevin "O.B." O'Brien on the television series Night Heat, played from 1985 to 1989...
as Dr. "Tex" Goodnight - Patricia IdlettePatricia IdlettePatricia Idlette is an actress known for her role as Kiffany, a waitress, in Showtime's Dead Like Me. She also played a small roles in Ginger Snaps 2 and Battlestar Galactica, as one of the counsellors working at Brigitte's rehab centre and a nurse taking a mammogram for Dana in the Showtime...
as Nurse Malcolm - Kerrie KeaneKerrie KeaneKerri Keane is a Canadian actress. She was nominated for the 1989 Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for Obsessed...
as Jill Jackson - Ken PogueKen PogueKen Pogue is a Canadian actor.He is married to the actress Diana Barrington. His first motion picture role in 1973 was in The Neptune Factor. He almost drowned in SCUBA gear. He worked at the Stratford Festival and St. Lawrence Centre in the 1960s through 1980s before moving to television and film...
as Governor - Linda SorensonLinda SorensonLinda Sorenson is a Canadian actress best known for playing Mrs. Stegman in Class of 1984, Warden Howe in Murphy Brown, Virginia Reeves in Material World and Isabelle Carrington in Road to Avonlea....
as Elizabeth Scanlan - Beau StarrBeau StarrBeau Starr is an American actor who has starred in movies and on television. He is known for his film role as Sheriff Ben Meeker in the 1988 hit horror movie Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers; he reprised his role in the 1989 sequel Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers.Starr was born...
as Gene Kowalski