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23/03/1954 Comedy 1h 32m
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Happy-Go-Laughable Hit!

Overview

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.

  1. Ralph Thomas

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Dirk Bogarde

    Simon Sparrow

  2. Muriel Pavlow

    Nurse Joy Gibson

  3. Kenneth More

    Richard Grimsdyke

  4. Donald Sinden

    Tony Benskin

  5. Kay Kendall

    Miss Isobel Minster

  6. James Robertson Justice

    Sir Lancelot Spratt

  7. Donald Houston

    Taffy Evans

  8. Suzanne Cloutier

    Stella

  9. George Coulouris

    Briggs

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-04-04
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 the imperious supervision of James Robertson Justice's "Sir Lancelot" trying to get a grip with their studies - a task well beyond most of them - whilst their hormones rage a bit too. There is balance here: the girls and boys are as equally up for some fun and games and Dirk Bogarde, Kenneth More, Kay...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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