Request for parley. Come forward, in peace. Let them pass.

Description: The chaotic workings of a hospital with staff on strike.

Cast:
Vincent Potter: Administration: Leonard Rossiter
Biles: Administration: Brian Pettifer
Greville Figg: Administration: John Moffatt
Chief Superintendant Johns: Administration: Fulton Mackay
Matron: Administration: Vivian Pickles
Miss Tinker: Administration: Barbara Hicks
Professor Millar: Medicos: Graham Crowden
Dr. MacMillan: Medicos: Jill Bennett
Sir Geoffrey: Medicos: Peter Jeffrey
Nurse Amanda Persil: Medicos: Marsha A. Hunt
Dr. Houston: Medicos: Catherine Willmer
Casualty Sister: Medicos: Mary MacLeod
Phyllis Grimshaw: The Unions: Joan Plowright
Ben Keating: The Unions: Robin Askwith
Sharkey: The Unions: Dave Atkins
Mick Travis: The Media: Malcolm McDowell
Red: The Media: Mark Hamill
Sammy: Frank Grimes
Peter Mancini: The Media: Peter Machin
Sir Anthony Mount: The Palace: Marcus Powell
Lady Felicity: The Palace: John Bett
H.R.H.: The Palace: Gladys Crosbie
Odingu: The Radicals: Rufus Collins
Aide: The Radicals: Jim Findley
Clarissa: The Radicals: Pauline Melville
Picket: The Radicals: Robbie Coltrane
Florrie: The Workers: Dandy Nichols
Whooley: The Workers: Glenn Williams
Painter: The Workers: Mike Grady
Fraser: The Workers: Tony Haygarth
Sen: The Workers: Jagdish Kumar
Blodgett: The Workers: Patrick Durkin
Feeney: The Workers: Paddy Joyce
Cheerful Bernie: Richard Griffiths
Jeff: Dave Hill
Miss Diamond: Charmian May
Mr. Rochester: Valentine Dyall
General Wetherby: Roland Culver
Hermione: Betty Marsden
Old Lady: Adele Strong
Taxi Driver: Ted Burnett
Private Nurse: Barbara Flynn
President Ngami: Val Pringle
Mr. Banzai: Robert Lee
Captain Mbwami: Errol Shaker
Padre: Alan Penn
Maisie: Liz Smith
Adrian: Robin Davies
Gregory: John Gordon Sinclair
BBC Cameraman: Bob Hornery
Assistant: Paul McCleary
Sound Recordist: Paul Kember
P.A.: Jane Stonehouse
Intensive Sister: Patricia Healey
Casualty Nurse: Rosemary Martin
Ambulanceman: Robert Owen
Man in Wheelchair: Ellis Dale
Miss Rowntree: Maggie Ollerenshaw
Nurse: Brenda Cavendish
Guest Workman: Edward Peel
Macready: Guest Patient: Alan Bates
Guest Patient: Arthur Lowe
Theatre Surgeon: Salmaan Peerzada
Theatre Nurse: Cora Kinnaird
Demonstrator: Tina Simmons
Patient: Derek Lyons
Kitchen Worker: George Hilsdon
Lady-In-Waiting: Aileen Lewis
Hospital patient: Peter Ross-Murray
Hospital Casualty - On Trolley: Fred Wood

Written by: David Sherwin

Director: Lindsay Anderson

Production: EMI Films

Release date: 27 May 1982

Box Office: $375,713