City Of Joy

1992 • 134 minutes

About this movie

In the best performance of his career, Swayze stars as Max Lowe, a disillusioned surgeon who travels to India after a young patient dies on the operating table. But Lowe's determination to quit medicine is challenged when he meets a committed British nurse who runs a free clinic in Calcutta's mostdangerous neighborhood. And when her clinic - and the livelihood of her neighbors - is threatened by the brutal local "godfather", Max teaches the impoverished Indians the strength of their own unity. (Original Title - City Of Joy) © 1992 Lightmotive Ltd. and Allied Filmmakers, N.V. All Rights Reserved.

Ratings and reviews

I am a westerner who has spent time in India doing mission work of all kinds. This movie does an excellent job in portraying the extreme poverty of the Dalit people. Mr. Swayze does an excellent job as a man who's humanity is bankrupt in search for truth as he ends up in India. While in India, Dr. Max "Swayze" in enlisted to help a woman who runs a make shift medical clinic serving the poorest of the poor. While Dr. Max is in search for his purpose and worth in life, he reluctantly helps others in need.

It's dam shame passed away from pancreatic cancer. He was living in India. City of gold Patrick Swayze passed away from pancreatic cancer. He was in dirty dancing that was