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About
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.
Theatrical
Dec 14, 1971
DVD / Blu-ray
Sep 16, 2003
Director
Producers
Music
Morris Surdin
Studio
Simcha Productions
Keywords
Quotes
See all →Questioning Surgical Decisions in Crisis
Taglines
I may be crazy, but I think I've operated on the wrong patient.
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Anticipation of Surgical Action
Taglines
Watch them operate!
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Cast
Full credits →G
George C. Scott
Dr. Herbert Bock
D
Diana Rigg
Barbara Drummond
B
Barnard Hughes
Drummond
R
Richard Dysart
Dr. Welbeck
S
Stephen Elliott
Dr. Sundstrom
D
Donald Harron
Milton Mead
A
Andrew Duncan
William Mead
N
Nancy Marchand
Mrs. Christie
J
Jordan Charney
Hitchcock
R
Roberts Blossom
Guernsey
L
Lenny Baker
Dr. Schaefer
R
Richard Hamilton
Dr. Ronald Casey
K
Kate Harrington
Nurse Dunne
K
Katherine Helmond
Marilyn Mead
D
David Hooks
Dr. Einhorn
F
Frances Sternhagen
Mrs. Cushing
R
Robert Walden
Dr. Brubaker
B
Bette Henritze
Operating Room Nurse
D
Dora Weissman
Lady in the Hospital
P
Paddy Chayefsky
Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
