type: 

COMEDY

DRAMA

MYSTERY

A suicidal doctor struggles to find meaning in his life while a murderer stalks the halls of his hospital.

name	character
Lenny Baker	Dr. Howard Schaefer
Roberts Blossom	Guernsey
Jacqueline Brookes	Dr. Fran Immelman
Stockard Channing	E.R. Nurse
Andrew Duncan	William Mead
Richard Dysart	Dr. Welbeck
Stephen Elliott	Dr. Sundstrom
Kate Harrington	Nurse Dunne
Barnard Hughes	Drummond
Nancy Marchand	Mrs. Christie
Diana Rigg	Barbara Drummond
George C. Scott	Dr. Herbert Bock
Frances Sternhagen	Mrs. Cushing
Robert Walden	Dr. Brubaker

name
Paddy Chayefsky	writer (original), producer
Howard Gottfried	producer
Arthur Hiller	director
Morris Surdin	composer

year	award	category	name
1971	Academy Award	Best Screenplay	Paddy Chayefsky
1971	Golden Globe Award	Best Screenplay	Paddy Chayefsky