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Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes50%
Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do.
74 audience votes
Key crew
- Lindsay AndersonDirector
- David SherwinWriter
- Alan PriceOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Graham CrowdenProfessor Millar
- Leonard RossiterVincent Potter
- Malcolm McDowellMick Travis
- Joan PlowrightPhyllis Grimshaw
- Mark HamillRed: The Media
- Jill BennettDr. MacMillan
- Brian PettiferBiles
- John MoffattGreville Figg
- Fulton MackayChief Superintendant Johns
- Robin AskwithBen Keating
- Barbara HicksMiss Tinker
- Peter JeffreySir Geoffrey