Medicine Man

Medicine Man

6.0IMDb Score
Released:1992-02-07
Genre:Adventure, Drama, Romance
Duration:106 min
Country:United States of America
Director:John McTiernan
Actors:Sean Connery, Lorraine Bracco, José Wilker, Rodolfo De Alexandre, Francisco Tsiren Tsere Rereme
Production:Cinergi Pictures, Hollywood Pictures

Overview:

An eccentric scientist in the Amazon jungle rejects his research assistant for being a woman, but as bulldozers threaten their work on a potential cancer cure, they learn to collaborate and begin to fall in love.

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