Patrick [Blu-ray]

Director: Richard Franklin Richard Franklin

Overview

Though he has been in an irreversible coma (a "persistent vegetative state") for several years, Patrick is aware of his surroundings. He also has telekinetic powers which enable him to move objects around by willpower alone. This is helpful, because even if he was able to fully awaken, his body could never move again. Nobody shows much interest in having him awaken, since before he was incapacitated, he murdered his mother and sister. When Kathy, the new nurse (Susan Penhaligon) takes over his care and gives him more than perfunctory attention, he begins to fall in love with her. She becomes aware of this when she begins finding strange love notes in her typewriter. Patrick's body is deteriorating, and his doctors would like to pull the plug on him. Instead, he causes their deaths. Now increasingly aware of his terminal condition, he seeks to induce his nurse to join him in death.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/26/2024
UPC:	0843501041369
Original Release:	1978
Rating:	PG
Source:	Powerhouse
Language:	English
Time:	1:52:00
Sales rank:	2,832

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Susan Penhaligon	Kathy Jacquard
Robert Helpmann	Dr. Roget
Rod Mullinar	Ed Jacquard
Robert Thompson	Patrick
Bruce Barry	Dr. Wright
Julia Blake	Matron Cassidy
Helen Hemingway	Sister Williams
Maria Mercedes	Nurse Panicale
Frank Wilson	Detective Sgt. Grant
Peter Culpan	Grant's Assistant
Marilyn Rodgers	Day Desk Nurse
Peggy Nichols	Night Desk Nurse
Carole-Ann Aylett	Patrick's Mother
Walter Pym	Capt. Fraser
Paul Young	The Lover
John Murphy	Barman
Ray Chubb	SEC worker
Brian May	Composer
Goblin	Composer

Technical Credits

Everett De Roche

Richard Franklin	Director,Producer
Everett De Roche	Screenwriter
William Fayman	Executive Producer
Anthony I. Ginnane	Producer,Producer
Conrad Rothman	Special Effects