Checking Out (1988)
Nine out of ten doctors say Ray is perfectly healthy. But what do they know?
96 min
When his best friend dies of a heart attack, Ray Macklin becomes a man obsessed with his own mortality. Convinced that all his aches and pains are an indication of his imminent death, Ray's life turns into a slapstick farce of health-crazed anxiety and hypochondria.
- Release date
- August 3, 1989
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Jeff Daniels as Ray Macklin
- Melanie Mayron as Jenny Macklin
- Michael Tucker as Harry Lardner
- Kathleen York as Diana
- Ann Magnuson as Connie Hagen
- Allan Havey as Pat Hagen
- Jo Harvey Allen as Barbara
- Ian Wolfe as Mr. D'Amato
- Billy Beck as Father Carmody
- Trudy Dochterman as Val
Crew
- David Leland · Director
- Joe Eszterhas · Writer
- Ben Myron · Producer
- Carter Burwell · Composer
- Ian Wilson · Cinematographer
- Lee Percy · Editor
- Elisabeth Leustig · Casting director
- Barbara Ling · Production designer