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The Carey Treatment

Play trailer Poster for The Carey Treatment PG,  1972,  1h 41m,  Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 60% 5 Reviews Tomatometer 29% 100+ Ratings Popcornmeter
60% Tomatometer 5 Reviews 29% Popcornmeter 100+ Ratings
Dr. Peter Carey (James Coburn) moves to Boston, where he becomes a pathologist at a prominent hospital and gets involved with Georgia Hightower (Jennifer O'Neill). Soon the teenage daughter (Elizabeth Allen) of the chief doctor comes into the hospital with severe injuries from a failed illegal abortion. After she dies, Carey's friend, Dr. David Tao, is arrested for performing the surgery. Carey knows that Tao is innocent, and he uses forceful detective tactics to determine who is guilty.

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Nick Pinkerton Film Comment Magazine Feb 25, 2014
The Carey Treatment ... belongs to its period more than to all time, but its ineffaceable qualities prove that [Blake] Edwards could never be reduced to quack or hack. Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Film Frenzy May 16, 2022
2.5/4
It's given an enormous lift by James Coburn. Go to Full Review
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Mar 24, 2021
2/4
...at its best in its deliberately-paced yet mostly watchable first half... Go to Full Review
Raquel Stecher Out of the Past Mar 2, 2019
Despite its flaws The Carey Treatment (1972) is a fun movie. It oozes with 1970s cool and has some great dramatic sequences Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Jul 27, 2011
C
Shallow character study murder mystery, that seems like a made for TV film. Go to Full Review
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Theodore S Jun 24, 2018 A made for TV movie that impersonates as a studio release.Should be quickly out of mind.
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Blake Edwards

Director

James Coburn

Dr. Peter Carey

Jennifer O'Neill

Georgia Hightower

Pat Hingle

Capt. Pearson

Skye Aubrey

Nurse Angela Holder

Elizabeth Allen

Evelyn Randall

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The Carey Treatment

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Movie Info

Synopsis Dr. Peter Carey (James Coburn) moves to Boston, where he becomes a pathologist at a prominent hospital and gets involved with Georgia Hightower (Jennifer O'Neill). Soon the teenage daughter (Elizabeth Allen) of the chief doctor comes into the hospital with severe injuries from a failed illegal abortion. After she dies, Carey's friend, Dr. David Tao, is arrested for performing the surgery. Carey knows that Tao is innocent, and he uses forceful detective tactics to determine who is guilty.
Director
Blake Edwards
Production Co
Geoffrey Productions
Rating
PG
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 29, 1972, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 8, 2017
Runtime
1h 41m
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