Movie · 1982
Britannia Hospital
Released 27 May 1982 More from 1982 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
Britannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a visit by the Queen Mother herself. But when investigative reporter Mick Travis arrives to cover the celebration, he finds the hospital under siege by striking workers, ruthless unions, violent demonstrators, racist aristocrats, an African cannibal dictator, and sinister human experiments.
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How old were they?
Dandy Nichols
as Florrie: The Workers
Arthur Lowe
as Guest Patient
Graham Crowden
as Professor Millar
John Moffatt
as Greville Figg
Fulton Mackay
as Chief Superintendant Johns
Peter Jeffrey
as Sir Geoffrey
Joan Plowright
as Phyllis Grimshaw
T. P. McKenna
as Theatre Surgeon
Jill Bennett
as Dr. MacMillan
Vivian Pickles
as Matron
Alan Bates
as Macready
Ram John Holder
as Radical
Brian Glover
as Painter: The Workers
Mary MacLeod
as Casualty Sister
Dave Atkins
as Sharkey
Malcolm McDowell
as Mick Travis
Tony Haygarth
as Fraser: The Workers
Dave Hill
as Jeff
Richard Griffiths
as Cheerful Bernie
Pauline Melville
as Clarissa
Robin Askwith
as Ben Keating
Mark Hamill
as Red: The Media
Brian Pettifer
as Biles
Val Pringle
as President Ngami
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The numbers
46years between the oldest and youngest billed
75Dandy Nichols — oldest on the call sheet
29Brian Pettifer — youngest billed
47average age of the credited cast