Movie Description
The Hospital
(1971)Overview
Dr. Bock, the chief of medicine at a Manhattan hospital, is suicidal after the collapse of his personal life. When an intern is found dead in a hospital bed, it appears to Bock to be a case of unforgivable malpractice. Hours later, another doctor, who happens to be responsible for another case of malpractice, is found dead. Despondent, Bock finds himself drawn to Barbara, the daughter of a comatose missionary.
Featured Crew
- Director : Arthur Hiller
- Producer : Paddy Chayefsky,Howard Gottfried
- Writer : Paddy Chayefsky
- Editor : Eric Albertson
- Cast : George C. Scott,Diana Rigg,Barnard Hughes,Richard Dysart,Stephen Elliott,Donald Harron,Andrew Duncan,Nancy Marchand,Jordan Charney,Roberts Blossom,Lenny Baker,Richard Hamilton,Arthur Junaluska,Kate Harrington,Katherine Helmond,David Hooks,Frances Sternhagen,Robert Walden,William Perlow,Bette Henritze,Rehn Scofield,Dora Weissman,Carolyn Krigbaum,Paddy Chayefsky,Robert Anthony,Leigh Beery,Cynthia Belgrave,Norman Berns,Jacqueline Brookes,Lonnie Burr,Stockard Channing,Alex Colon,Matthew Cowles,Reid Cruickshanks,Anita Dangler,Jean David,Lorrie Davis,Dawn Powell Dell,Dennis Dugan,Milton Earl Forrest,Julie Garfield,Richard Goode,Nat Grant,Sarina C. Grant,Christopher Guest,Nat Horne,Bette Howard,Tresa Hughes,Bruce Kornbluth,Bill Lazarus,Paul Mace,Nancy MacKay,Tony Major,Shawn McAllister,Joy Nicholson,Bob O'Connell,Angie Ortega,Janet Paul,Lou Polan,Paul B. Price,Janet Sarno,Sab Shimono,Marilyn Sokol,Tom Spratley,John Tremaine,Tracey Walter,Gena Wheeler,Lydia Wilen
Cast
Dr. Herbert Bock
Barbara Drummond
Drummond
Dr. Welbeck
Dr. Sundstrom
Milton Mead
William Mead
Mrs. Christie
Hitchcock
Guernsey
Dr. Schaefer
Dr. Ronald Casey
Mr. Blacktree
Nurse Dunne
Marilyn Mead
Dr. Einhorn
Mrs. Cushing
Dr. Brubaker
Cardiac Arrest Doctor
Operating Room Nurse
Dr. Spezio
Lady in the Hospital
Dr. Bock's Secretary
Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Dr. Elroy Ives (uncredited)
Mead's Secretary (uncredited)
Nurse Reardon (uncredited)
Dr. Biegelman (uncredited)
Dr. Immelman (uncredited)
Intern (uncredited)
E.R. Nurse (uncredited)
Young Lord (uncredited)
Intern Chandler (uncredited)
Chief Engineer (uncredited)
Paranoid Lady (uncredited)
Stephanie McGuire (uncredited)
Nurse Divine (uncredited)
Hospital Visitor (uncredited)
E.R. Doctor (uncredited)
Militant Leader (uncredited)
Nurse Perez (uncredited)
Dr. Sutcliffe (uncredited)
Black Panther (uncredited)
Nurse X (uncredited)
Resident (uncredited)
Patient (uncredited)
Young Mother (uncredited)
Mrs. Donovan (uncredited)
Young Activist Doctor (uncredited)
Police Captain (uncredited)
Intern Ambler (uncredited)
Sheilah (uncredited)
Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
Medical Intern (uncredited)
Sundstrom's Secretary (uncredited)
Policeman (uncredited)
Nurse Teresa Campanella (uncredited)
Emergency Room Receptionist (uncredited)
Dr. Lagerman (uncredited)
Nameless Man (uncredited)
Nurse Rivers (uncredited)
Operating Room Staff Member (uncredited)
Lady Lib. (uncredited)
Mitgang (uncredited)
Doctor (uncredited)
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Holding Nurse (uncredited)
Emergency Nurse (uncredited)
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Facts
Original TitleThe Hospital
Status Released
Release Information
-
1971-12-14
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 43m
Production CompaniesSimcha Productions
Genres
- Comedy
- Drama
- Mystery