Parasite
2019 · Comedy · Thriller
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Film / 1971
The Hospital
Directed by
Arthur Hiller
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.
The story
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. ScottDr. Herbert Bock
Diana RiggBarbara Drummond
Barnard HughesDrummond
Richard DysartDr. Welbeck
Stephen ElliottDr. Sundstrom
Donald HarronMilton Mead
Andrew DuncanWilliam Mead
Nancy MarchandMrs. Christie
Jordan CharneyHitchcock
Roberts BlossomGuernsey
Lenny BakerDr. Schaefer
Richard HamiltonDr. Ronald Casey
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Arthur JunaluskaMr. Blacktree
Kate HarringtonNurse Dunne
Katherine HelmondMarilyn Mead
David HooksDr. Einhorn
Frances SternhagenMrs. Cushing
Robert WaldenDr. Brubaker
William PerlowCardiac Arrest Doctor
Bette HenritzeOperating Room Nurse
Rehn ScofieldDr. Spezio
Dora WeissmanLady in the Hospital
Carolyn KrigbaumDr. Bock's Secretary
Paddy ChayefskyOpening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Robert AnthonyDr. Elroy Ives (uncredited)
Leigh BeeryMead's Secretary (uncredited)
Cynthia BelgraveNurse Reardon (uncredited)
Norman BernsDr. Biegelman (uncredited)
Jacqueline BrookesDr. Immelman (uncredited)
Lonnie BurrIntern (uncredited)
Stockard ChanningE.R. Nurse (uncredited)
Alex ColonYoung Lord (uncredited)
Matthew CowlesIntern Chandler (uncredited)
Reid CruickshanksChief Engineer (uncredited)
Anita DanglerParanoid Lady (uncredited)
Jean DavidStephanie McGuire (uncredited)
Lorrie DavisNurse Divine (uncredited)
Dawn Powell DellHospital Visitor (uncredited)
Dennis DuganE.R. Doctor (uncredited)
Milton Earl ForrestMilitant Leader (uncredited)
Julie GarfieldNurse Perez (uncredited)
Richard GoodeDr. Sutcliffe (uncredited)
Nat GrantBlack Panther (uncredited)
Sarina C. GrantNurse X (uncredited)
Christopher GuestResident (uncredited)
Nat HornePatient (uncredited)
Bette HowardYoung Mother (uncredited)
Tresa HughesMrs. Donovan (uncredited)
Bruce KornbluthYoung Activist Doctor (uncredited)
Bill LazarusPolice Captain (uncredited)
Paul MaceIntern Ambler (uncredited)
Nancy MacKaySheilah (uncredited)
Tony MajorAmbulance Attendant (uncredited)
Shawn McAllisterMedical Intern (uncredited)
Joy NicholsonSundstrom's Secretary (uncredited)
Bob O'ConnellPoliceman (uncredited)
Angie OrtegaNurse Teresa Campanella (uncredited)
Janet PaulEmergency Room Receptionist (uncredited)
Lou PolanDr. Lagerman (uncredited)
Paul B. PriceNameless Man (uncredited)
Janet SarnoNurse Rivers (uncredited)
Sab ShimonoOperating Room Staff Member (uncredited)
Marilyn SokolLady Lib. (uncredited)
Tom SpratleyMitgang (uncredited)
John TremaineDoctor (uncredited)
Tracey WalterMan in Crowd (uncredited)
Gena WheelerHolding Nurse (uncredited)
Lydia WilenEmergency Nurse (uncredited)
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