Wheelchair-using Character
Films & TV shows with wheelchair-using characters, including fakers and hypochondriacs.
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- DirectorLarry StewartStarsKate JacksonJaclyn SmithCheryl LaddWhen famous actress Eve LeDeux is electrocuted at an exclusive women's spa, the Angels go undercover to capture the killer and find the missing manuscript of Eve's memoirs, which may reveal information some would rather be forgotten.
- DirectorJohn SturgesStarsSusan PetersAlexander KnoxPhyllis ThaxterA jealous, manipulative stepmother confined to a wheelchair interferes with her stepchildren's romances so that they will not get married and leave home.
- DirectorCurtis BernhardtStarsGlenn FordEleanor ParkerRoger MooreThis movie chronicles Australian-born opera star Marjorie Lawrence's success, her battle with polio, and her eventual career comeback.
- DirectorRoger MichellStarsHugh GrantJulia RobertsRichard McCabeA set of circumstances makes Anna Scott, a famous actress, fall in love with William Thacker, owner of a bookstore in Notting Hill. But the paparazzi's fascination with her complicates their bond.
- DirectorTristram ShapeeroStarsMaitreyi RamakrishnanRicha MoorjaniJaren LewisonAfter recent trauma, Devi starts her first day as a high school sophomore determined to shake off old labels and finally become cool.
- DirectorOtto PremingerStarsFrank SinatraKim NovakEleanor ParkerA junkie must face his true self to kick his drug addiction.
- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsMarlon BrandoTeresa WrightEverett SloaneA paralyzed war vet tries to adjust to the world without the use of his limbs.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartGrace KellyWendell CoreyA bored photographer recovering from a broken leg passes the time by watching his neighbors and begins to suspect one of them of murder.
- CreatorNahnatchka KhanStarsRandall ParkConstance WuHudson YangA Taiwanese family makes their way in America during the 1990s.
- DirectorJames LebrechtNicole NewnhamStarsJames LebrechtLionel Je'WoodyardJoseph O'ConorDown the road from Woodstock, a revolution blossomed at a ramshackle summer camp for teenagers with disabilities, transforming their lives and igniting a landmark movement.
- DirectorVincent J. DonehueStarsRalph BellamyGreer GarsonHume CronynAfter a bout with polio, future president Franklin D. Roosevelt fights to save his political career.
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsRobert MontgomeryRosalind RussellMay WhittyWhen a rich but cantankerous dowager on an isolated estate hires an engaging handyman, her niece/companion becomes suspicious of his motives.
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsHumphrey BogartEdward G. RobinsonLauren BacallA man visits his war buddy's family hotel and finds a gangster running things. As a hurricane approaches, the two end up confronting each other.
- DirectorWillis GoldbeckStarsLionel BarrymoreJames CraigLucille BremerDr. Leonard Gillespie, for several reasons and not all medically related, asks a young surgeon, Dr. Tommy Coalt, to go to a small town and replace a local doctor while he is on vacation. There, Coalt is asked to sign commitment papers on a young lady, Cynthia Grace who is allegedly insane. Coalt thinks there is something amiss and begins his own investigation.
- DirectorWillis GoldbeckStarsVan JohnsonLionel BarrymoreGloria DeHavenA surgeon dodges his wealthy girlfriend's marriage proposals while helping a nightclub singer overcome her neuropsychological inability to eat and operating on an emergency operator who suddenly collapses.
- DirectorWillis GoldbeckStarsLionel BarrymoreVan JohnsonMarilyn MaxwellAt Blair Hospital, physician Dr. Leonard Gillespie must choose an assistant from among his two brightest interns, Dr. Randall 'Red' Adams and Dr. Lee Wong How.
- DirectorWillis GoldbeckStarsLionel BarrymoreVan JohnsonKeye LukeDr. Gillespie tries to stop a homicidal ex-patient from threatening his former fiancée. Meanwhile, hospital staff face medical challenges including a ward epidemic and an amputee patient needing hope.
- DirectorWillis GoldbeckStarsLionel BarrymoreVan JohnsonSusan PetersAging doctor Gillespie seeks a new assistant but is reluctant. He challenges three interns with complex medical cases, promising the one who diagnoses correctly the position.<
- DirectorHarold S. BucquetStarsLionel BarrymoreDonna ReedPhilip DornDr. Gillespie is called in to investigate when a young man suffering from mental problems disappears on a killing spree.
- DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsLew AyresLionel BarrymoreAnn AyarsDr. Jimmy Kildare is back at work at Blair General hospital, though several people admit that he is not himself since suffering his loss. He's taken a liking to a young intern, Don Winthrop, and tries to help him out when he transports an accident victim, socialite Cynthia "Cookie" Charles, to Blair General from outside the hospital's agreed territory. When the other hospital complains, Winthrop is fired. Soon after, his girlfriend, Nurse Anabelle Kirke, is also let go when she too misapplies hospital policy. Kildare pleads their case with the hospital Board but with little luck. He then gets the well-connected Cookie, who has a thing for him, to help to sort it out
- DirectorHarold S. BucquetStarsLew AyresLionel BarrymoreLaraine DayIt is a week before Dr. Kildare's wedding to pretty Nurse Mary Lamont. The hospital is a-buzz with preparation for the big day. Good old Dr. Gillespie, despite fatigue, has agreed to help a prominent orchestra conductor regain his hearing. But soon tragedy strikes . . . will the hospital ever be the same?
- DirectorHarold S. BucquetStarsLew AyresLionel BarrymoreLaraine DayKildare saves the life of an ice skater who was in an auto accident. But even though her broken leg has knit, she can't walk, and she tries to sue Kildare for malpractice, and Kildare's entire career and reputation now rests on making a proper diagnosis in the courtroom.
- DirectorHarold S. BucquetStarsLew AyresLionel BarrymoreLaraine DayNurse Mary Lamont is excited about her brother's impending visit. The young man's strange behavior puzzles Dr. Kildare who believes he may be hiding a serious illness.
- DirectorHarold S. BucquetStarsLew AyresLionel BarrymoreLaraine DayDr. James Kildare has just completed his internship at Blair General Hospital and is assigned to work with his mentor, Dr. Leonard Gillespie. But fearing for the health of his father, Dr. Stephen Kildare, he returns to his parents home to help him with his excessive workload. Dr. Kildaire Sr. is servicing a wide area ever since the doctors in neighboring towns moved elsewhere. Noting that three doctors at Blair General are doing menial jobs because they can't start their own practices, Kildare conceives the idea of building a clinic in Parkersville to be serviced by the three doctors and financed by the townsfolk paying ten cents a week to subscribe to the service. But influential men in Parkersville provide serious opposition to the plan.
- DirectorHarold S. BucquetStarsLew AyresLionel BarrymoreLaraine DayYoung Dr. Kildare tries to help an unlucky brain surgeon and his seemingly insane patient.