george scott give the performance of a lifetime in paddy chayefsky the hospital and a very dark drama about an age big city hospital and a middle age physician on the verge of suicide . along come diana rigg a a free spirit determine to save him from himself . their dialog crackle and and it be clear they be make for each other from the outset . but will she save him . their one sex scene be both graphic and memorable for it passion and fury . meanwhile and the hospital be under siege by a group of agitator who do not want it to turn a condemned building into a cancer center . and a serial killer be loose in the hospital and specialize in doctor and nurse . a good part of the movie and though and be squarely focus on scott . a it should be . what a difference a few year make back when this movie be make . 1962 have give u the intern and a hokey and old fashion reworking of dr. kildare with terrible act and a cardboard script . along come 1971 and the hospital . less than 10 year later . hollywood do something right for a change . watch the hospital today be a reminder of how much medical show like st. elsewhere and scrub owe to this endure classic . and if the hospital remind you of network and it should . same scripter .