Movie · 1981
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
“The ultimate drama in the human comedy.”
Released 2 December 1981 119 min Drama More from 1981 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
Ken Harrison is an artist that lives to make sculptures. One day he is involved in a car accident, and is paralyzed from his neck down. All he can do is talk and move his head, and he wants to die. Whilst he is in hospital he makes friends with some of the staff, and they support him when he goes to trial to be allowed to die.
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How old were they?
Betty Cole
as ICU Nurse
Ward Costello
as Mr. Eden
Mel Stewart
as Dr. Barr
John Cassavetes
as Dr. Michael Emerson
Kenneth McMillan
as Judge Wyler
Bob Balaban
as Carter Hill
George Wyner
as Dr. Jacobs
Kathryn Grody
as Mrs. Boyle
Richard Dreyfuss
as Ken Harrison
Christine Lahti
as Dr. Clare Scott
Janet Eilber
as Pat
Thomas Carter
as Orderly John
Kaki Hunter
as Mary Jo Sadler
Alba Oms
as Nurse Rodriguez
Alston Ahern
as Day Nurse
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The numbers
47years between the oldest and youngest billed
73Betty Cole — oldest on the call sheet
26Kaki Hunter — youngest billed
42average age of the credited cast