The Student Nurses
| The Student Nurses | |
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| Directed by | Stephanie Rothman |
| Produced by |
Charles S. Swartz Stephanie Rothman Roger Corman (uncredited) associate Paul Rapp |
| Written by | Don Spencer |
| Based on | original story by Stephanie Rothman Charles S. Swartz |
| Starring |
Brioni Farrell Elaine Giftos Barbara Leigh |
| Music by | Clancy B. Glass III |
| Cinematography | Stevan Larner |
| Edited by | Stephen Judson |
| Distributed by | New World Pictures |
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89 mins |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $120,000 |
| Box office | over $1 million |
The Student Nurses is a 1970 American film directed by Stephanie Rothman. It was the second film from New World Pictures and the first in the popular "nurses" cycle of exploitation movies. It has since become a cult film.
Four young women all share a house together as they study to be nurses. Phred falls for a sexy doctor, Jim, despite accidentally sleeping with Jim's roommate. Free-spirited Priscilla, who doesn't wear a bra, has an affair with a drug-selling biker who gets her pregnant and leaves her, causing her to seek an abortion. Sharon forms a relationship with a terminally ill patient. Lynn sets up a free clinic with a Hispanic revolutionary, Victor Charlie.
Priscilla's request to have an abortion is turned down by the hospital, so she gets an illegal one from Jim, with the help of Lynn and Sharon, despite Phred's vehement opposition. Sharon's lover/patient dies and she decides to join the Army Nurse Corps and serve in Vietnam. Victor Charlie is involved in a shoot out with the police and goes on the run; Lynn decides to go with him. Phred breaks up with Jim but she and Priscilla agree to remain friends. The four friends graduate together.
The film was the second made for Roger Corman's new production and distribution company, New World Pictures following Angels Die Hard. The idea for the movie came from distributor Larry Woolner, who was involved in the establishment of New World; he suggested to Corman that he make a film about sexy nurses. Stephanie Rothman, who went on to direct the film, later recalled:
The sub-distributors had recently had success with a R-rated film about a babysitter, which had more nudity than audiences could see in films made by major studios. At that time, it was believed by the purveyors of male fantasies in films that nurses were a popular male fantasy because they were caring, and they were women who could legitimately touch men all over. [chuckles] So they requested a film be made about very pretty student nurses with as much nudity as an R-rated film could have.
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