The Student Nurses

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. Plot 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 does not 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 shootout with the police and goes on the run; Lynn decides to go with him. Phred breaks up with Jim, but Priscilla and she agree to remain friends. The four friends graduate together. Cast Elaine Giftos as Sharon Karen Carlson as Phred Brioni Farrell as Lynn Barbara Leigh as Priscilla Reni Santoni as Victor Charlie Richard Rust as Les Lawrence P. Casey as Jim Caspar Darrell Larson as Greg Paul Camen as Mark Richard Stahl as Dr. Warshaw Scottie MacGregor as Miss Boswell Pepe Serna as Luis John Pearce as Patient Mario Aniov as Ralpho Ron Gans as Psychiatrist