The Hospital

The Hospital

103 mins | Drama, Comedy, Mystery | Dec. 14, 1971

Dr. Bock, the chief of medicine at a Manhattan hospital, is suicidal after the collapse of his personal life. When an intern is found dead in a hospital bed, it appears to Bock to be a case of unforgivable malpractice. Hours later, another doctor, who happens to be responsible for another case of malpractice, is found dead. Despondent, Bock finds himself drawn to Barbara, the daughter of a comatose missionary.

The Hospital

103 mins | Drama, Comedy, Mystery | Dec. 14, 1971

The Hospital
Dr. Bock, the chief of medicine at a Manhattan hospital, is suicidal after the collapse of his personal life. When an intern is found dead in a hospital bed, it appears to Bock to be a case of unforgivable malpractice. Hours later, another doctor, who happens to be responsible for another case of malpractice, is found dead. Despondent, Bock finds himself drawn to Barbara, the daughter of a comatose missionary.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Simcha Productions
Original title The Hospital
Directors Arthur Hiller
Writers Paddy Chayefsky

Cast

George C. Scott

as Dr. Herbert Bock

Diana Rigg

as Barbara Drummond

Barnard Hughes

as Drummond

Richard Dysart

as Dr. Welbeck

Stephen Elliott

as Dr. Sundstrom

Donald Harron

as Milton Mead

Andrew Duncan

as William Mead

Nancy Marchand

as Mrs. Christie

Jordan Charney

as Hitchcock

Roberts Blossom

as Guernsey

Lenny Baker

as Dr. Schaefer

Richard Hamilton

as Dr. Ronald Casey

Arthur Junaluska

as Mr. Blacktree

Kate Harrington

as Nurse Dunne

Katherine Helmond

as Marilyn Mead

David Hooks

as Dr. Einhorn

Frances Sternhagen

as Mrs. Cushing

Robert Walden

as Dr. Brubaker

William Perlow

as Cardiac Arrest Doctor

Bette Henritze

as Operating Room Nurse

Rehn Scofield

as Dr. Spezio

Dora Weissman

as Lady in the Hospital

Carolyn Krigbaum

as Dr. Bock's Secretary

Paddy Chayefsky

as Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Robert Anthony

as Dr. Elroy Ives (uncredited)

Leigh Beery

as Mead's Secretary (uncredited)

Cynthia Belgrave

as Nurse Reardon (uncredited)

Norman Berns

as Dr. Biegelman (uncredited)

Jacqueline Brookes

as Dr. Immelman (uncredited)

Lonnie Burr

as Intern (uncredited)

Stockard Channing

as E.R. Nurse (uncredited)

Alex Colon

as Young Lord (uncredited)

Matthew Cowles

as Intern Chandler (uncredited)

Reid Cruickshanks

as Chief Engineer (uncredited)

Anita Dangler

as Paranoid Lady (uncredited)

Jean David

as Stephanie McGuire (uncredited)

Lorrie Davis

as Nurse Divine (uncredited)

Dawn Powell Dell

as Hospital Visitor (uncredited)

Dennis Dugan

as E.R. Doctor (uncredited)

Milton Earl Forrest

as Militant Leader (uncredited)

Julie Garfield

as Nurse Perez (uncredited)

Richard Goode

as Dr. Sutcliffe (uncredited)

Nat Grant

as Black Panther (uncredited)

Sarina C. Grant

as Nurse X (uncredited)

Christopher Guest

as Resident (uncredited)

Nat Horne

as Patient (uncredited)

Bette Howard

as Young Mother (uncredited)

Tresa Hughes

as Mrs. Donovan (uncredited)

Bruce Kornbluth

as Young Activist Doctor (uncredited)

Bill Lazarus

as Police Captain (uncredited)

Paul Mace

as Intern Ambler (uncredited)

Nancy MacKay

as Sheilah (uncredited)

Tony Major

as Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)

Shawn McAllister

as Medical Intern (uncredited)

Joy Nicholson

as Sundstrom's Secretary (uncredited)

Bob O'Connell

as Policeman (uncredited)

Angie Ortega

as Nurse Teresa Campanella (uncredited)

Janet Paul

as Emergency Room Receptionist (uncredited)

Lou Polan

as Dr. Lagerman (uncredited)

Paul B. Price

as Nameless Man (uncredited)

Janet Sarno

as Nurse Rivers (uncredited)

Sab Shimono

as Operating Room Staff Member (uncredited)

Marilyn Sokol

as Lady Lib. (uncredited)

Tom Spratley

as Mitgang (uncredited)

John Tremaine

as Doctor (uncredited)

Tracey Walter

as Man in Crowd (uncredited)

Gena Wheeler

as Holding Nurse (uncredited)

Lydia Wilen

as Emergency Nurse (uncredited)