Britannia Hospital

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Britannia Hospital ★★½ 1982 (R)

This is a portrait of a hospital at its most chaotic: the staff threatens to strike, demonstrators surround the hospital, a nosey BBC reporter pursues an anxious professor, and the eagerly anticipated royal visit degenerates into a total shambles. 111m/C VHS, DVD . GB Malcolm McDowell, Leonard Rossiter, Graham Crowden, Joan Plowright, Mark Hamill, Alan Bates, Dave Atkins, Marsha A. Hunt; D: Lindsay Anderson; W: David Sherwin; C: Mike Flash; M: Alan Price.

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