The Hospital (1971)
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- PG-13
- 1h 43min
- Comedy, Drama
- 11 May 1972 (UK)
- Movie
A hospital's chief-of-staff struggles to find meaning in his life during a spate of staff deaths.
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Awards:
- Won 1 Oscar. Another 6 wins & 5 nominations.
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Cast verified as complete
| George C. Scott | ... |
Dr. Herbert Bock
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| Diana Rigg | ... |
Barbara Drummond
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| Barnard Hughes | ... |
Drummond / Dr. Mallory
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| Richard Dysart | ... |
Dr. Welbeck
(as Richard A. Dysart)
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| Stephen Elliott | ... |
Dr. Sundstrom
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| Donald Harron | ... |
Milton Mead
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| Andrew Duncan | ... |
William Mead
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| Nancy Marchand | ... |
Mrs. Christie
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| Jordan Charney | ... |
Hitchcock
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| Roberts Blossom | ... |
Guernsey
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| Lenny Baker | ... |
Dr. Schaefer
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| Richard Hamilton | ... |
Dr. Ronald Casey
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Arthur Junaluska | ... |
Mr. Blacktree
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Kate Harrington | ... |
Nurse Dunne
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| Katherine Helmond | ... |
Marilyn Mead
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David Hooks | ... |
Dr. Einhorn
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| Frances Sternhagen | ... |
Mrs. Cushing
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| Robert Walden | ... |
Dr. Brubaker
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William Perlow | ... |
Cardiac Arrest Doctor
(as William Perlow M.D.)
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Bette Henritze | ... |
Operating Room Nurse
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Rehn Scofield | ... |
Dr. Spezio
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Dora Weissman | ... |
Lady in the Hospital
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Carolyn Krigbaum | ... |
Dr. Bock's Secretary
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Robert Anthony | ... |
Dr. Elroy Ives (uncredited)
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Leigh Beery | ... |
Mead's Secretary (uncredited)
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Cynthia Belgrave | ... |
Nurse Reardon (uncredited)
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Norman Berns | ... |
Dr. Biegelman (uncredited)
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Charles Bershatsky | ... |
Boswell (uncredited)
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| Jacqueline Brookes | ... |
Dr. Immelman (uncredited)
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| Lonnie Burr | ... |
Intern (uncredited)
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| Stockard Channing | ... |
E.R. Nurse (uncredited)
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| Paddy Chayefsky | ... |
Opening Narrator (uncredited) (voice)
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| Alex Colon | ... |
Young Lord (uncredited)
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| Matthew Cowles | ... |
Intern Chandler (uncredited)
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| Reid Cruickshanks | ... |
Chief Engineer (uncredited)
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| Anita Dangler | ... |
Paranoid Lady (uncredited)
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Jean David | ... |
Stephanie McGuire (uncredited)
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Lorrie Davis | ... |
Nurse Divine (uncredited)
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Dawn Powell Dell | ... |
Hospital Visitor (uncredited)
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| Dennis Dugan | ... |
E.R. Doctor (uncredited)
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Eddie Epstein | ... |
Resident (uncredited)
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Milton Earl Forrest | ... |
Militant Leader (uncredited)
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George Garcia | ... |
Militant Leader (uncredited)
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Julie Garfield | ... |
Nurse Perez (uncredited)
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Richard Goode | ... |
Dr. Sutcliffe (uncredited)
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| Nat Grant | ... |
Black Panther (uncredited)
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Sarina C. Grant | ... |
Nurse X (uncredited)
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| Christopher Guest | ... |
Resident (uncredited)
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Nat Horne | ... |
Patient (uncredited)
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Bette Howard | ... |
Young Mother (uncredited)
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Tresa Hughes | ... |
Mrs. Donovan (uncredited)
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Paul Jott | ... |
Administrative Resident (uncredited)
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Bruce Kornbluth | ... |
Young Activist Doctor (uncredited)
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Bill Lazarus | ... |
Police Captain (uncredited)
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| Paul Mace | ... |
Intern Ambler (uncredited)
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Nancy MacKay | ... |
Sheilah (uncredited)
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Marja Maitland | ... |
Nurse's Aide (uncredited)
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Tony Major | ... |
Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
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| Shawn McAllister | ... |
Medical Intern (uncredited)
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Ruth Attaway Morrison | ... |
Circulating Nurse (uncredited)
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Joy Nicholson | ... |
Sundstrom's Secretary (uncredited)
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| Bob O'Connell | ... |
Policeman (uncredited)
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Angie Ortega | ... |
Nurse Teresa Campanella (uncredited)
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Janet Paul | ... |
Emergency Room Receptionist (uncredited)
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Lou Polan | ... |
Dr. Lagerman (uncredited)
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Paul B. Price | ... |
Nameless Man (uncredited)
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Janet Sarno | ... |
Nurse Rivers (uncredited)
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| Sab Shimono | ... |
Operating Room Staff (uncredited)
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| Marilyn Sokol | ... |
Lady Lib. (uncredited)
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| Tom Spratley | ... |
Mitgang (uncredited)
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John Tremaine | ... |
Doctor (uncredited)
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| Tracey Walter | ... |
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
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Paul Whaley | ... |
Hospital Spokesman (uncredited)
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Gena Wheeler | ... |
Holding Nurse (uncredited)
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Lydia Wilen | ... |
Emergency Nurse (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Arthur Hiller | ||
Written by
| Paddy Chayefsky | ... | (written by) |
Produced by
| Paddy Chayefsky | ... | producer (uncredited) |
| Howard Gottfried | ... | producer |
| Jack Grossberg | ... | associate producer |
Music by
| Morris Surdin | ... | (music composed and conducted by) |
Cinematography by
| Victor J. Kemper | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
| Eric Albertson | ... | film editor |
Production Design by
| Gene Rudolf | ||
Set Decoration by
| Herbert F. Mulligan | ... | (as Herbert Mulligan) |
Costume Design by
| Frank L. Thompson | ... | (as Frank Thompson) |
Makeup Department
| Vincent Callaghan | ... | makeup |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Larry Y. Albucher | ... | second assistant director (as Larry Albucher) |
| Peter R. Scoppa | ... | first assistant director (as Peter Scoppa) |
| Barbara Bass | ... | dga trainee (uncredited) |
Art Department
| Harry Lynott | ... | master carpenter |
| Robert Reilly | ... | set dresser |
| Bruno Robotti | ... | scenic artist |
| Walter Way | ... | construction grip |
| Connie Brink | ... | stand-by props (uncredited) |
Sound Department
| Dennis Maitland | ... | sound mixer |
| Vito L. Ilardi | ... | boom operator (uncredited) |
| Don MacDougall | ... | re-recording mixer (uncredited) |
| Gus Mortensen | ... | sound recordist (uncredited) |
Stunts
| Harry Daley | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
| James Finnerty | ... | key grip |
| Edward Gold | ... | camera operator |
| Richard Quinlan | ... | gaffer |
| Jack Brown | ... | assistant camera (uncredited) |
| Sheldon Lubow | ... | camera assistant (uncredited) |
| William Ward | ... | best boy (uncredited) |
| Josh Weiner | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
Casting Department
| Sybil Reich | ... | extra casting |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Martin Gaiptman | ... | wardrobe supervisor |
| Florence Foy | ... | wardrobe mistress (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
| Barbara Robinson | ... | script supervisor |
Transportation Department
| William Curry | ... | transportation captain |
Additional Crew
| Florence Nerlinger | ... | production associate |
| Don Record | ... | title designer |
| Evelyn Woerner | ... | technical advisor |
| Antonio Encarnacion | ... | production assistant (uncredited) |
| Sam Goldrich | ... | auditor (uncredited) |
| Terry Ladin | ... | secretary (uncredited) |
| Henry Polonsky | ... | production assistant (uncredited) |
| Mary Proteau | ... | secretary to producer (uncredited) |
| Sheldon Roskin | ... | unit publicist (uncredited) |
| Arthur Seewald | ... | auditor (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- United Artists (1971) (United States) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1972) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1972) (France) (theatrical)
- United Artists (A-Asia) (1972) (Australia) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1972) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1972) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Vasilis Labiris (1972) (Greece) (theatrical)
- Kommunenes Filmcentral (KF) (1973) (Norway) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1973) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1973) (United States) (tv) (broadcast premiere)
- Croatia Film (1974) (Yugoslavia) (theatrical)
- Czech Republic (1974) (Czechia) (theatrical)
- France 3 (1981) (France) (tv) (dubbed version)
- Key Video (1984) (United States) (VHS)
- Audio Visual Enterprises (1985) (Greece) (VHS)
- Warner Home Vidéo (1985) (France) (video) (V2000) (dubbed version)
- Warner Home Video (1986) (Belgium) (VHS)
- Image Entertainment (1997) (United States) (video) (Laserdisc) (available exclusively by)
- MGM Home Entertainment (2003) (United States) (DVD)
- Twilight Time (2017) (United States) (Blu-ray)
- Warner Home Video (1984) (Australia) (video)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Descriptive Video Works (descriptive video)
- Edit International (sound effects and music editing)
- Imagic Inc. (opticals by)
- International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) (this picture made under the jurisdiction of)
- Marion Dougherty Associates (casting)
- New York City Health and Hospitals (grateful acknowledgment)
- Panavision (camera and lenses by)
- The Dept. of Public Works of the City of New York (grateful acknowledgment)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Dr. Herbert Bock (George C. Scott), the chief of medicine in a New York City teaching hospital, is contemplating suicide. He's impotent, his wife has left him, and his children aren't speaking to him. His hospital is also suffering from a recent spate of inexplicable deaths. In the midst of these setbacks, Bock is romantically drawn to the much younger Barbara Drummond (Dame Diana Rigg), whose father is a patient. As Barbara restores Bock's will to live, it turns out that the hospital deaths are murders. Written by Jwelch5742 |
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| Taglines | Madness, Murder and Malpractice. See more » |
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| Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | When Dr. Herbert Bock rants, "We have established the most enormous, medical...entity ever conceived and people are sicker than ever!" the slight pause, searching for the word "entity", was spontaneously ad-libbed by George C. Scott to save the take. The scripted line was, "we have ASSEMBLED the most enormous medical ESTABLISHMENT ever conceived." Scott heard his slip in mid-sentence, so he reworded the line so as to not make it repetitive. Director Arthur Hiller loved the save so much he used that take in the movie. See more » |
| Goofs | In the Emergency Room, the dead patient's eyes and head change positions between the time Mrs. Cushing and Dr. Spezio look at him. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Hospitals (2007). See more » |
| Crazy Credits | Although Barnard Hughes played two distinct roles, the end credits lists Hughes as playing the role of Drummond but not Dr. Mallory. See more » |
| Quotes |
Edmund Drummond:
So at 9:15 this morning I rang for my nurse... Bock: Rang for your nurse? Edmund Drummond: To ensure one full hour of uninterrupted privacy. Bock: Of course. See more » |