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Hospital, The (1971) - (Movie Clip) Peacefully Asleep

Celebrated screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky himself narrates the opening of his 1971 black comedy The Hospital, directed by Arthur Hiller, starring George C. Scott, Diana Rigg and Barnard Hughes.

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Hospital chief Dr. Bock (George C. Scott) first with resident Brubaker (Robert Walden) then tearing into Mrs. Christie (Nancy Marchand) and lawyer Hitchcock (Jordan Charney) over an intern's death, in The Hospital, 1971, from Paddy Chayefsky's screenplay.

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