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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| George C. Scott | ... | Dr. Bock | |
| Diana Rigg | ... | Barbara | |
| Barnard Hughes | ... | Drummond | |
| Richard Dysart | ... | Dr. Welbeck (as Richard A. Dysart) | |
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Stephen Elliott | ... | Dr. Sundstrom |
| Donald Harron | ... | Milton Mead | |
| Andrew Duncan | ... | William Mead | |
| Nancy Marchand | ... | Mrs. Christie | |
| Jordan Charney | ... | Hitchcock | |
| Roberts Blossom | ... | Guernsey | |
| 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 |
| Katherine Helmond | ... | Marilyn Mead | |
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Herbert Bock, 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, 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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national film registry | hospital | doctor | new york city | dead patient |Taglines:
Madness, Murder and Malpractice. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, sexual content and drug references | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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11 May 1972 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
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$19,711,560Company Credits
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According to TCM host Robert Osborne, Paddy Chayefsky passed on having Walter Matthau or Burt Lancaster in George C. Scott's role, and either Jane Fonda, Ali MacGraw, or Candice Bergen in Diana Rigg's. See more »Goofs
About ten minutes into the movie, as the characters walk down a hospital hallway, followed by the camera, a technician and his microphone are revealed behind a nurse's cart. The camera then tightens the shot around the actors. See more »Quotes
Barbara: It's hard for me to take your despair very seriously, Doctor. You obviously enjoy it so much.See more »
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Although Barnard Hughes played two distinct roles, the end credits lists Hughes as playing the role of Drummond but not Dr. Mallory. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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An okay film that is mostly served as a podium for a phenomenal performance to be delivered to the masses. Paddy Chayefsky's script is loaded with hilarity and some strong monologues for the actors to devour (which they gladly do), but there's a lot going on and director Arthur Hiller doesn't quite know what to do with the tone, but George C. Scott's performance is one for the ages. He plays a suicidal doctor in the world's worst hospital, which is surrounded by lawsuits, protesters and utter incompetence. There's tons of stuff happening and it doesn't all come together fluidly, but it mixes in plenty of hilarious moments without ever straining too far into broad comedy territory.
Scott is definitely the primary thing going for it though, a towering force of expert comedy and drama that does what I wish the entire film had done. He's a great straight man for all of the madcap disasters happening throughout the hospital, and his suicidal rampages walk that fine line of being comedic and darkly intimidating at the same time. There's a scene between him and Diana Rigg where she tries to seduce him and he ends up going into a very dark reservoir of his mind that is haunting and terrifying. He devours everything around him, a wrecking ball of frustration with the world and he shines strong when delivering the impressive Chayefsky dialogue. The film itself doesn't quite hit the mark it's going for, but it's certainly still a worthwhile experience, elevated by the superb performance from Scott and Chayefsky's writing.