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10 August 1979 (USA) morePlot Keywords:
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Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win moreUser Comments:
Quality Black Humor moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Neville Aurelius | ... | Leyland / Monk |
| Gillian Barge | ... | Dr. Bird |
| Colin Blakely | ... | Loach |
| Eleanor Bron | ... | Sister McFee / Sister Mary MacArthur |
| George Browne | ... | The Chaplain |
| Patience Collier | ... | The Lady Visitor |
| Jim Dale | ... | Barnet / Dr. Neil Boyd |
| Jumoke Debayo | ... | Nurse Lake |
| Robert Gillespie | ... | Tyler |
| John Hamill | ... | Kenny |
| Don Hawkins | ... | Les |
| James Hazeldine | ... | Student Doctor |
 | Bob Hoskins | ... | Foster |
| David Hutcheson | ... | Mackie |
| Mervyn Johns | ... | Rees |
| Bert Palmer | ... | Flegg |
| Maureen Pryor | ... | The Matron |
 | Lynn Redgrave | ... | Nurse Sweet / Nurse Betty Martin |
| Sheila Scott-Wilkenson | ... | Nurse Powell / Cleo Norton |
| Donald Sinden | ... | Mr. Carr / Senior Surgeon Boyd |
| Clive Swift | ... | Ash |
| Graham Weston | ... | Michael |
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Jim Dale is a revelation in this movie, with only slight echoes of his "Carry on Doctor" movies - here he has much richer material to play with.
The appalling conditions of an under-funded national health hospital are comically contrasted with a "Dr Kildare" style soap showing in the ward televisions. The contrast between the real world and the fantasy soap world is skillfully done.
A charming, tragic, funny and intelligent black comedy made in the days when Britain generally made very poor comedy movies.