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The National Health
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Peter Nichols adapted his own hit play to the screen, based on his experiences in hospitals. A riotous black comedy that's as timely today as ever, it contrasts the appalling conditions in a overcrowded London hospital with a soap opera playing on the televisions there. In an ingenious touch, the same actors appear in the "real" story as well as the "TV" one, thus blurring the distinctions even further. Jack Gould directs such outstanding British actors as Lynn Redgrave, Colin Blakely, Eleanor Bron, Jim Dale, Donald Sinden, Mervyn Johns, and, in only his second film, Bob Hoskins. The renowned Carl Davis composed the score.
Cast
![Lynn Redgrave](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//q21JNdifHtboIMB5KLpmeTr1UX1.jpg)
Lynn Redgrave
Nurse Sweet / Nurse Betty Martin
![Eleanor Bron](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//lb560cizOkGZCYzxqccbByYjde5.jpg)
Eleanor Bron
Mr. Carr / Senior Surgeon Boyd
![Jim Dale](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//8B924SXk50fX3LzBkNQzf6DaICW.jpg)
Jim Dale
Barnet / Dr. Neil Boyd
![Donald Sinden](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//x7xq2O7mqVwSnnQNo3E1YDndIx7.jpg)
Donald Sinden
Mr. Carr / Senior Surgeon Boyd
![Mervyn Johns](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//yzLrLZXfQYjiWFlyjqPCadP15q.jpg)
Mervyn Johns
Rees
![Bob Hoskins](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//qOeE7bVHAsNTbP77Qk6TwrrWHZc.jpg)
Bob Hoskins
Foster
![Colin Blakely](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//lXm7BsoFx50zPgajpzTMBBhsvpr.jpg)
Colin Blakely
Edward Loach
![Sheila Scott-Wilkenson](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Sheila Scott-Wilkenson
Nurse Powell / Cleo Norton
![Neville Aurelius](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Neville Aurelius
![Gillian Barge](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Gillian Barge
![George Browne](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
George Browne
![James Hazeldine](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//tRJGeDPhISXc6jCr34pcQ10CYgV.jpg)
James Hazeldine
![Patience Collier](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//wHjXNKP2GQSRPT6ddWI1yvinzIW.jpg)
Patience Collier
![Mervyn Johns](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//yzLrLZXfQYjiWFlyjqPCadP15q.jpg)
Mervyn Johns
![Clive Swift](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//sPd0mGH6NPvlTuRsHre0schakjz.jpg)
Clive Swift
![Maureen Pryor](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)