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5.5/10   42 votes
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Director:
Jack Gold
Writers:
Peter Nichols (play)
Peter Nichols (screenplay)
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Release Date:
10 August 1979 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
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Awards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win more
User Comments:
Quality Black Humor more (1 total)

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Lynn Redgrave ... Nurse Sweet / Nurse Betty Martin
Colin Blakely ... Edward Loach
Eleanor Bron ... Sister McFee / Sister Mary MacArthur
Donald Sinden ... Mr. Carr / Senior Surgeon Boyd
Jim Dale ... Barnet / Dr. Neil Boyd
Sheila Scott-Wilkenson ... Nurse Powell / Cleo Norton
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Neville Aurelius ... Leyland / Monk
Gillian Barge ... Dr. Bird
George Browne ... The Chaplain
Patience Collier ... The Lady Visitor
Jumoke Debayo ... Nurse Lake
Robert Gillespie ... Tyler
John Hamill ... Kenny
Don Hawkins ... Les
James Hazeldine ... Student Doctor

Bob Hoskins ... Foster
David Hutcheson ... Mackie
Mervyn Johns ... Rees
Bert Palmer ... Flegg
Maureen Pryor ... The Matron
Richie Stewart ... Mortuary Attendant
Clive Swift ... Ash
Graham Weston ... Michael
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The National Health, or Nurse Norton's Affair
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Runtime:
95 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
UK:AA (original rating) | USA:PG (video rating)
Company:
Virgin Films more

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Trivia:
The last film of David Hutcheson more

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4 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Quality Black Humor, 20 November 2003
9/10
Author: i-iz-matty from Florida, USA



Jim Dale is a revelation in this movie, with only slight echoes of his "Carry on Doctor" movies - here he has much richer material to play with.

The appalling conditions of an under-funded national health hospital are comically contrasted with a "Dr Kildare" style soap showing in the ward televisions. The contrast between the real world and the fantasy soap world is skillfully done.

A charming, tragic, funny and intelligent black comedy made in the days when Britain generally made very poor comedy movies.

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