Comedy Drama Mystery
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.
Directed by
Arthur Hiller
Written by
Paddy Chayefsky
Stockard Channing
E.R. Nurse (uncredited)
Christopher Guest
Resident (uncredited)
Diana Rigg
Barbara Drummond
Katherine Helmond
Marilyn Mead
Dennis Dugan
E.R. Doctor (uncredited)
Richard Hamilton
Dr. Ronald Casey
Roberts Blossom
Guernsey
George C. Scott
Dr. Herbert Bock
Nancy Marchand
Mrs. Christie
Tracey Walter
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Barnard Hughes
Drummond
Frances Sternhagen
Mrs. Cushing
Stephen Elliott
Dr. Sundstrom
Richard Dysart
Dr. Welbeck
Matthew Cowles
Intern Chandler (uncredited)
Robert Walden
Dr. Brubaker
Anita Dangler
Paranoid Lady (uncredited)
Jacqueline Brookes
Dr. Immelman (uncredited)
Jordan Charney
Hitchcock
Sab Shimono
Operating Room Staff Member (uncredited)
Donald Harron
Milton Mead
Julie Garfield
Nurse Perez (uncredited)
Alex Colon
Young Lord (uncredited)
Andrew Duncan
William Mead
Paul Mace
Intern Ambler (uncredited)
Lenny Baker
Dr. Schaefer
Reid Cruickshanks
Chief Engineer (uncredited)
Kate Harrington
Nurse Dunne
Marilyn Sokol
Lady Lib. (uncredited)
Sarina C. Grant
Nurse X (uncredited)
Bette Henritze
Operating Room Nurse
Tresa Hughes
Mrs. Donovan (uncredited)
Tom Spratley
Mitgang (uncredited)
Janet Sarno
Nurse Rivers (uncredited)
Shawn McAllister
Medical Intern (uncredited)
Arthur Junaluska
Mr. Blacktree
David Hooks
Dr. Einhorn
William Perlow
Cardiac Arrest Doctor
Rehn Scofield
Dr. Spezio
Dora Weissman
Lady in the Hospital
Carolyn Krigbaum
Dr. Bock's Secretary
Robert Anthony
Dr. Elroy Ives (uncredited)
Leigh Beery
Mead's Secretary (uncredited)
Cynthia Belgrave
Nurse Reardon (uncredited)
Lonnie Burr
Intern (uncredited)
Jean David
Stephanie McGuire (uncredited)
Lorrie Davis
Nurse Divine (uncredited)
Dawn Powell Dell
Hospital Visitor (uncredited)
Milton Earl Forrest
Militant Leader (uncredited)
Richard Goode
Dr. Sutcliffe (uncredited)
Nat Grant
Black Panther (uncredited)
Nat Horne
Patient (uncredited)
Bette Howard
Young Mother (uncredited)
Bruce Kornbluth
Young Activist Doctor (uncredited)
Bill Lazarus
Police Captain (uncredited)
Nancy MacKay
Sheilah (uncredited)
Tony Major
Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
Joy Nicholson
Sundstrom's Secretary (uncredited)
Bob O'Connell
Policeman (uncredited)
Angie Ortega
Nurse Teresa Campanella (uncredited)
Janet Paul
Emergency Room Receptionist (uncredited)
Lou Polan
Dr. Lagerman (uncredited)
Paul B. Price
Nameless Man (uncredited)
John Tremaine
Doctor (uncredited)
Gena Wheeler
Holding Nurse (uncredited)
Lydia Wilen
Emergency Nurse (uncredited)

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