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October 26, 1988 (US)

1h 36m

Nine Out of Ten Doctors Say Ray Is Perfectly Healthy. But What Do They Know?

When his best friend dies of a heart attack, Ray Macklin becomes a man obsessed with his own mortality. Convinced that all his aches and pains are an indication of his imminent death, Ray's life turns into a slapstick farce of health-crazed anxiety and hypochondria.

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