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Every year in July, 6,000 young Men and Women leave the comfort and safety of medical school confident in the knowledge that they will become interns in the greatest system of medical care in the History of the universe. Some actually survive.Plot:
Follow a group of interns in a large teaching hospital. When Jo, Chief Resident, has a breakdown the... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
CAUTION: Watching this Movie COULD be Hazardous to the AMA! more (12 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Tim Matheson | ... | Roy Basch |
 | Charles Haid | ... | Fats (The Fatman) |
| Michael Sacks | ... | Wayne Potts |
 | Lisa Pelikan | ... | Jo Miller |
 | Bess Armstrong | ... | Cissy Anderson |
| George Coe | ... | Dr. Leggo |
 | James Cromwell | ... | Officer Quick |
 | Ossie Davis | ... | Dr. Sanders |
| Richard Brestoff | ... | Howie Greenspoon |
| Leo Burmester | ... | Dr. Gath |
| Kathryn Dowling | ... | Molly |
 | Charles Fleischer | ... | Hyper Hooper |
| Malachy McCourt | ... | Officer Gillheeny |
 | Joe Piscopo | ... | Dr. Fishberg |
 | Michael Richards | ... | Dr. Pinkus |
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Graduate Hosptal - 1800 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAFAQ
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THE HOUSE OF GOD is a great deal of fun; a black "dramady," with more truths about hospitals and the medical profession you would ever expect to hear in a Hollywood movie. Which, is probably why THE HOUSE OF GOD was never released in theaters, is not now nor ever been available on VHS, DVD or laser disk, and is never shown on Turner Classic Movies (which has the rights to the entire United Artists collection).
How this film was ever made is a mystery. Made during the hectic (and waning days) of United Artists (about the time of HEAVEN'S GATE), THOG is a scathing indictment of crass commercialism and techno-insanity that infects the medical industry in this country. The
profession can stand being seen as arrogant (THE DOCTOR, CHICAGO HOPE), incompetent (THE HOSPITAL, BRITTANIA HOSPITAL) or irreverent (MASH, PATCH ADAMS). However, apparently it will not tolerate being
portrayed as being largely composed of money grubbing ghouls.
This movie is MUCH better than most fare released in theaters. Lisa Pelliken is SCARY as a technology obsessed resident. Charles Haid is wonderful and Tim Matheson is fine. Some of the other acting is a bit too much on the buffoonish side, however. The film is mounted and photographed a bit too much like a made-for-TV movie, as well. Nonetheless, this movie is too fine and true to put down too much.
WARNING: If you DO obtain a copy of this movie (I got mine off SHOWTIME), DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT, loan it to anyone without making a backup copy. YOU WILL NOT GET IT BACK!