Release Date

06 Mar, 1973

Runtime

01:38: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Peter Nichols adapted his own hit play to the screen, based on his experiences in hospitals. A riotous black comedy that's as timely today as ever, it contrasts the appalling conditions in a overcrowded London hospital with a soap opera playing on the televisions there. In an ingenious touch, the same actors appear in the "real" story as well as the "TV" one, thus blurring the distinctions even further. Jack Gould directs such outstanding British actors as Lynn Redgrave, Colin Blakely, Eleanor Bron, Jim Dale, Donald Sinden, Mervyn Johns, and, in only his second film, Bob Hoskins. The renowned Carl Davis composed the score.

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Actors

Lynn Redgrave

Eleanor Bron

Jim Dale

Donald Sinden

Mervyn Johns

Bob Hoskins

Colin Blakely

Sheila Scott-Wilkenson

Neville Aurelius

Gillian Barge

George Browne

James Hazeldine

Patience Collier

Mervyn Johns

Clive Swift

Maureen Pryor

Crew

Jack Gold

Carl Davis

John Coquillon

Peter Nichols

Ned Sherrin

Peter Nichols

Terry Glinwood