As one might not guess from the title, it's about nurses in a psychiatric ward. As one might guess from the title, it's an Exploitation Film about sexy young nurses. The film was shot in 15 days for $75,000 and was a big hit, launching Kaplan's directing career. Night Call Nurses is a 1972 film directed by Jonathan Kaplan. Kaplan brought out Jon Davison and Danny Opatoshu from New York to help him work on the script. The last thing he said was "There will be nudity from the waist up, total nudity from behind, and no pubic hair - now get to work!" And he explained that there would be three nurses: a blonde, a brunette, and a nurse of colour that the nurse of color would be involved in a political subplot, the brunette would be involved in the kinky subplot, and the blonde would be the comedy subplot.
I had to find a role for Dick Miller, show a Bulova watch, and use a Jensen automobile in the film. Kaplan says the only lead member of the cast selected when he came on board was then-model Alana Hamilton. Kaplan's student film Stanley had just won a prize at the National Student Film Festival and he was working as an editor in New York.Ĭorman allowed Kaplan to rewrite the script, cast and edit the film. Night Call Nurses (1972) Directed by Jonathan Kaplan Genres - Comedy Sub-Genres - Horror Comedy, Sex Comedy Release Date - (USA - Unknown) Run Time - 74 min. CastĬorman offered the film to Kaplan on the recommendation of Martin Scorsese, who had recently made Boxcar Bertha for Corman and had taught Kaplan at New York University. Sandra (Mittie Lawrence) becomes politicised through an affair with a black militant and helps a prisoner escape from the hospital. Janis (Alana Hamilton) has an affair with a truck-driving patient who is addicted to drugs. Barbara (Patty Byrne) comes under the influence of a charismatic sex therapist and is stalked by a mysterious nurse. Three young nurses work in a psych ward at a hospital.
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