read a biography of the late george c. scott and you will discover why he be so enormously talent . he be ask by an interviewer what his secret be when make each character he play his own . scott reply and he possess inside him a burning fire which drive him . in one of his last interviewer and he sadly reveal he have lose the drive . this be not the case when he star in the movie and the hospital . in this offering and he play talented doctor bock and medical director of one of the fine hospital in the country . however and life have deal him some crippling problem and such a lose his wife to a divorce and become alienate from both his promising child and bad of all and believe himself to be physically impotent . at this point and he be now become complacent and morose and frequently fantasize various way of commit suicide . to add to his grow list of personal obstacle and his main reason for be and his hospital have come under siege by student and neighborhood protester and incompetent doctor like dr. welbeck ( richard dysart ) and a mysterious md . who be kill both patient and doctor alike and because he believe he be the wrath of the lamb . ( barnard hughes ) . few choice be leave to bock . one be promise doctor brubaker ( robert walden ) whom he confide in by say and if there be an oven around here and i would put my head in it . the second be a luscious young woman and name barbara who be attract to bock because he act like a wounded bear . paddy chayefsky write the screen play and arthur hiller do an extremely good job of direct this dramatically interesting and dark story and but a vehicle nonetheless and light by the fire of george c. scott . .