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The Hospital (1971)
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Black comedy in which a suicidal doctor struggles to find meaning in his life while a murderer stalks the halls of his hospital. Director:Arthur HillerWriter:Paddy Chayefsky |
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| George C. Scott | ... | ||
| Diana Rigg | ... |
Barbara
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| Barnard Hughes | ... |
Drummond
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Dr. Mallory
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Richard Dysart | ... |
Dr. Welbeck
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Stephen Elliott | ... |
Dr. Sundstrom
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Andrew Duncan | ... |
William Mead
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Donald Harron | ... |
Milton 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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Storyline
Herbert Bock is chief of medicine in a major teaching hospital. His wife has left him, he is impotent and his children have both disowned him. He is toying with the idea of suicide when patients begin dying, not from complications, but from the erroneous treatments the Hospital is giving them. People in the wrong beds are given wrong medicines, sent to operating theaters for incorrect surgery, and found in waiting rooms dead of natural causes. Barbara Drummond has come to take her comatose father back to the Sioux reservation where he operates a clinic and they each reach out to each other for emotional support, as a shadowy figure stalks the patients and staff of the hospital. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
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Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, sexual content and drug references (re-rating) (1997) See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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This film was selected to the National Film Registry, Library of Congress, in 1995. See more »Goofs
Continuity: 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 »Quotes
Herbert Bock: You know, when I say impotent, I don't mean merely limp. When I say impotent, I mean I've lost even my desire to work. That's a hell of a lot more primal passion than sex. I've lost my reason for being... my purpose. The only thing I ever truly loved.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 »
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