The Hospital(1971) Site

: The script highlights the friction between Bock’s "traditional" system and the subversive, "flower child" counterculture of the 1970s.

The story follows Dr. Herbert Bock (Scott), the brilliant but disillusioned and suicidal Chief of Medicine at a chaotic Manhattan teaching hospital. Bock is dealing with a monumental mid-life crisis, impotence, and an estranged family, all while the hospital around him collapses into madness. The Hospital(1971)

: Critics widely praise Scott’s performance as "magnetic" and "towering". His world-weary portrayal of a man roaring against his own decline is considered one of his finest cinematic hours. : The script highlights the friction between Bock’s