Movie
Britannia Hospital
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1982-05-27
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Science Fiction
- Status
- Released
- Production
- EMI Films
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Graham Crowden as Professor Millar
- Leonard Rossiter as Vincent Potter
- Malcolm McDowell as Mick Travis
- Joan Plowright as Phyllis Grimshaw
- Mark Hamill as Red: The Media
- Jill Bennett as Dr. MacMillan
- Brian Pettifer as Biles
- John Moffatt as Greville Figg
- Fulton Mackay as Chief Superintendant Johns
- Robin Askwith as Ben Keating
- Barbara Hicks as Miss Tinker
- Peter Jeffrey as Sir Geoffrey
Crew
- Lindsay Anderson - Director
- David Sherwin - Writer
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