FILMS THAT FAILED:

The Medical Equipment Exploitation Movement

Sarandon catches her breath outside Simi Valley Hospital



Bad Air: The Wanda Richardson Story (1975)

Susan Sarandan stars as a mother crusading for medical reform after her son is crippled by a DeVilbiss Ultrasonic Transistor.


bursting blood vessels, bloated eyelids, thinning lashes


Let's Talk Equipment, Mr. Sales Rep (1972)

After suffering a series of corneal injuries, a team of renegade cops tracks down a rare brand of cobalt blue florescent lights.


Mickey getting a free massage at the clinic


Fahrenheit '77 (1976)

Animated docudrauma starring "Red," a diagnostic electronic thermometer.


Dana sweet-talks Office Bob


The Last Respirator Walks (1972)

A troubled teenager (Dana Plato) hooked on aerosol therapy and dry gas humidifiers takes off on a cross-country shooting spree with her loser boyfriend.


Rico checks out the neighborhood's new massage therapist


New Jack Vasoconstrictors (1968)

Two inner-city fathers struggle to raise their children right and keep them away from statically controlled moist-heat massagers.