Doctor in the House

The first of the seven "Doctor" films, based on Richard Gordon's novels and released between 1954 and 1970. Simon Sparrow is a newly arrived medical student at St Swithin's hospital in London. Falling in with three longer-serving hopefuls he is soon immersed in the wooing, imbibing and fast sports-car driving that constitute 1950s medical training. There is, however, always the looming and formidable figure of chief surgeon Sir Lancelot Spratt to remind them of their real purpose.

Cast

Dirk Bogarde

Dirk Bogarde

as Simon Sparrow

Muriel Pavlow

Muriel Pavlow

as Nurse Joy Gibson

Kenneth More

Kenneth More

as Richard Grimsdyke

Donald Sinden

Donald Sinden

as Tony Benskin

Kay Kendall

Kay Kendall

as Miss Isobel Minster

James Robertson Justice

James Robertson Justice

as Sir Lancelot Spratt

Donald Houston

Donald Houston

as Taffy Evans

Suzanne Cloutier

Suzanne Cloutier

as Stella

George Coulouris

George Coulouris

as Briggs

Jean Taylor Smith

Jean Taylor Smith

as Sister Virtue

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Time hasn't been especially kind to this, but there is a strength amongst this pretty solid cast that, alongside some half decent writing that avoids the obvious smut and double entendre to be found in the "Carry Ons", makes it a passable watch. It centres around a group of medical students under th...

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