The Hospital

1h 43m

Comedy Drama Mystery

6.5

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.

Cast

George C. Scott

Dr. Herbert Bock

Barbara Drummond

Stephen Elliott

Roberts Blossom

Richard Hamilton

Dr. Ronald Casey

Arthur Junaluska

Kate Harrington

Katherine Helmond

Frances Sternhagen

Cardiac Arrest Doctor

Operating Room Nurse

Lady in the Hospital

Carolyn Krigbaum

Dr. Bock's Secretary

Paddy Chayefsky

Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Dr. Elroy Ives (uncredited)

Mead's Secretary (uncredited)

Cynthia Belgrave

Nurse Reardon (uncredited)

Dr. Biegelman (uncredited)

Jacqueline Brookes

Dr. Immelman (uncredited)

Intern (uncredited)

Stockard Channing

E.R. Nurse (uncredited)

Young Lord (uncredited)

Intern Chandler (uncredited)

Reid Cruickshanks

Chief Engineer (uncredited)

Paranoid Lady (uncredited)

Stephanie McGuire (uncredited)

Nurse Divine (uncredited)

Dawn Powell Dell

Hospital Visitor (uncredited)

E.R. Doctor (uncredited)

Milton Earl Forrest

Militant Leader (uncredited)

Nurse Perez (uncredited)

Dr. Sutcliffe (uncredited)

Black Panther (uncredited)

Sarina C. Grant

Nurse X (uncredited)

Christopher Guest

Resident (uncredited)

Patient (uncredited)

Young Mother (uncredited)

Mrs. Donovan (uncredited)

Bruce Kornbluth

Young Activist Doctor (uncredited)

Police Captain (uncredited)

Intern Ambler (uncredited)

Sheilah (uncredited)

Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)

Shawn McAllister

Medical Intern (uncredited)

Sundstrom's Secretary (uncredited)

Policeman (uncredited)

Nurse Teresa Campanella (uncredited)

Emergency Room Receptionist (uncredited)

Dr. Lagerman (uncredited)

Nameless Man (uncredited)

Nurse Rivers (uncredited)

Operating Room Staff Member (uncredited)

Lady Lib. (uncredited)

Mitgang (uncredited)

Doctor (uncredited)

Man in Crowd (uncredited)

Holding Nurse (uncredited)

Emergency Nurse (uncredited)

Crew

Paddy Chayefsky

Writer, Producer

Victor J. Kemper

Director of Photography

Peter R. Scoppa

First Assistant Director

Larry Y. Albucher

Second Assistant Director

Howard Gottfried

Associate Producer

Florence Nerlinger

Associate Producer

Production Design

Camera Operator

Marion Dougherty

Martin Gaiptman

Wardrobe Supervisor

Frank L. Thompson

Vincent Callaghan

Dennis Maitland

Original Music Composer

Transportation Captain

Herbert F. Mulligan

Construction Grip

Technical Advisor

Barbara Robinson

Script Supervisor

James W. Finnerty

Richard Quinlan