Movie · comedy, drama
The Hospital
1971 · 1h 43m · PG-13
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What is it about? The Hospital
Madness, Murder and Malpractice.
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.
Genres: comedy, drama, mystery. Themes: new york city, murder, hospital, doctor, medical malpractice.
Cast and crew The Hospital
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Creators
- Directed byArthur Hiller
- ScreenplayPaddy Chayefsky
- MusicMorris Surdin
- CinematographyVictor J. Kemper
- EditingEric Albertson
Full cast and crew68 cast members, 30 crew
Cast:
- George C. Scott · Herbert Bock
- Diana Rigg · Barbara Drummond
- Barnard Hughes · Drummond
- Richard Dysart · Welbeck
- Stephen Elliott · Sundstrom
- Donald Harron · Milton Mead
- Andrew Duncan · William Mead
- Nancy Marchand · Christie
- Jordan Charney · Hitchcock
- Roberts Blossom · Guernsey
- Lenny Baker · Schaefer
- Richard Hamilton · Ronald Casey
- Arthur Junaluska · Blacktree
- Kate Harrington · Nurse Dunne
- Katherine Helmond · Marilyn Mead
- David Hooks · Einhorn
- Frances Sternhagen · Cushing
- Robert Walden · Brubaker
- William Perlow · Cardiac Arrest Doctor
- Bette Henritze · Operating Room Nurse
- Rehn Scofield · Spezio
- Dora Weissman · in the Hospital
- Carolyn Krigbaum · Bock's Secretary
- Paddy Chayefsky · Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Robert Anthony · Elroy Ives (uncredited)
- Leigh Beery · Mead's Secretary (uncredited)
- Cynthia Belgrave · Nurse Reardon (uncredited)
- Norman Berns · Biegelman (uncredited)
- Jacqueline Brookes · Immelman (uncredited)
- Lonnie Burr · Intern (uncredited)
- Stockard Channing · E.R. Nurse (uncredited)
- Alex Colon · (uncredited)
- Matthew Cowles · Intern Chandler (uncredited)
- Reid Cruickshanks · Chief Engineer (uncredited)
- Anita Dangler · Paranoid Lady (uncredited)
- Jean David · Stephanie McGuire (uncredited)
- Lorrie Davis · Nurse Divine (uncredited)
- Dawn Powell Dell · Hospital Visitor (uncredited)
- Dennis Dugan · E.R. Doctor (uncredited)
- Milton Earl Forrest · Militant Leader (uncredited)
Crew:
- Arthur Hiller · Director
- Paddy Chayefsky · Writer
- Morris Surdin · Original Music Composer
- Victor J. Kemper · Director of Photography
- Eric Albertson · Editor
- Howard Gottfried · Producer
- Paddy Chayefsky · Producer
- Gene Rudolf · Production Design
- Frank L. Thompson · Costume Design
- Marion Dougherty · Casting
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Details The Hospital
- First theatrical release
- December 14, 1971
- Release in the US
- December 14, 1971
- Country
- United States
- Original language
- English
- Rating
- PG-13
- Studio
- Simcha Productions
Frequently asked questions
How long is The Hospital?
1h 43m (103 minutes).
Who’s in The Hospital?
George C. Scott, Diana Rigg, Barnard Hughes, Richard Dysart, Stephen Elliott, Donald Harron, Andrew Duncan, Nancy Marchand, Jordan Charney, and Roberts Blossom. Directed by Arthur Hiller.
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