The Hospital

THE HOSPITAL – At a rundown Manhattan teaching hospital, chief of staff Herb Bock (George C. Scott) was already mired in multiple personal and professional crises-and now, he was faced with a string of sudden and inexplicable fatalities among his staff. He might find impetus to go on when he locks horns with the willful daughter (Diana Rigg) of a recalcitrant patient (Barnard Hughes). Dark farce netted Paddy Chayefsky the Best Original Screenplay Oscar; Richard A. Dysart, Nancy Marchand, Robert Walden also star. 103 minutes SANDPIPER PICTURES