1982·Comedy·1h 56m
7.0
★
Britannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a visit by the Queen Mother herself. But when investigative reporter Mick Travis arrives to cover the celebration, he finds the hospital under siege by striking workers, ruthless unions, violent demonstrators, racist aristocrats, an African cannibal dictator, and sinister human experiments.
Directed by Lindsay Anderson
dark comedy
satire
hospital
Trailer
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Cast
Graham Crowden
Professor Millar
Leonard Rossiter
Vincent Potter
Malcolm McDowell
Mick Travis
Joan Plowright
Phyllis Grimshaw
Mark Hamill
Red: The Media
Jill Bennett
Dr. MacMillan
Brian Pettifer
Biles
Fulton Mackay
Chief Superintendant Johns
Robin Askwith
Ben Keating
Barbara Hicks
Miss Tinker
Peter Jeffrey
Sir Geoffrey
Catherine Willmer
Dr. Houston
Crew
Lindsay Anderson
Director
Alan Price
Original Music Composer
Mike Fash
Director of Photography
Mamoun Hassan
Executive Producer
Alan Pattillo
Sound Effects Editor
Derek Wadsworth
Conductor
Derek Wadsworth
Music Arranger
Derek Wadsworth
Additional Music
Popular Reviews
15 reviews
luke
2.0★ · 03/19/26
noodle of the gorillaz please dm me i would just like a word.
noodle of the gorillaz please dm me i would just like a word.
Benez
8.0★ · 04/01/24
Insane
Le film raconte ça raconte tellement de choses différentes de manière très organique.
Le film raconte ça raconte tellement de choses différentes de manière très organique.
Insane
Le film raconte ça raconte tellement de choses différentes de manière très organique.
Le film raconte ça raconte tellement de choses différentes de manière très organique.
SamEssss
7.0★ · 11/24/22
With a cast of British legends I was expecting a lot more from this, but it is easily bringing up the rear of LA's Mick Travis Trilogy, and not just chronologically.
With a cast of British legends I was expecting a lot more from this, but it is easily bringing up the rear of LA's Mick Travis Trilogy, and not just chronologically.
JK
5.0★ · 04/18/20
Gotta respect the uncompromising weirdness. The decapitation scene got a nice guffaw out of me.
Gotta respect the uncompromising weirdness. The decapitation scene got a nice guffaw out of me.
Tommydog
8.5★ · 04/08/20
The final installment of the Mick Travis Trilogy. Imagine if hospitals were privatized. Imagine that in order to be treated in this hospital, you must be extremely wealthy. Now imagine that since they are privatized, they control staff income, and have it so low, there’s a huge strike outside. FINALLY imagine Luke Skywalker rolling and smoking a joint while Laughing watching chicken nuggets being made. This movie is hilariously dark, and touches on the struggles of class, faulting both sides. It exposes the self interest of man over the mutual interest in mankind. Malcolm McDowell has a relatively small part in this one compared to the other movies, but it is a more than fair send off to his character, ending the trilogy of Mick Travis. (Other movies include If... and O Lucky Man.)
Spoiler:It’s shocking that they predicted the internet at the end of this movie. The scientist was completely right about a way to democratize information and all the wonders this could do.
Spoiler:It’s shocking that they predicted the internet at the end of this movie. The scientist was completely right about a way to democratize information and all the wonders this could do.
The final installment of the Mick Travis Trilogy. Imagine if hospitals were privatized. Imagine that in order to be treated in this hospital, you must be extremely wealthy. Now imagine that since they are privatized, they control staff income, and have it so low, there’s a huge strike outside. FINALLY imagine Luke Skywalker rolling and smoking a joint while Laughing watching chicken nuggets being made. This movie is hilariously dark, and touches on the struggles of class, faulting both sides. It exposes the self interest of man over the mutual interest in mankind. Malcolm McDowell has a relatively small part in this one compared to the other movies, but it is a more than fair send off to his character, ending the trilogy of Mick Travis. (Other movies include If... and O Lucky Man.)
Spoiler:It’s shocking that they predicted the internet at the end of this movie. The scientist was completely right about a way to democratize information and all the wonders this could do.
Spoiler:It’s shocking that they predicted the internet at the end of this movie. The scientist was completely right about a way to democratize information and all the wonders this could do.