Doctor in the House poster

Doctor in the House( 1954)

TV-MAComedy
64%
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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Dirk Bogarde

      Simon Sparrow

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      Muriel Pavlow

      Nurse Joy Gibson

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      Kenneth More

      Richard Grimsdyke

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      Donald Sinden

      Tony Benskin

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      Kay Kendall

      Isobel Minster

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      James Robertson Justice

      Sir Lancelot Spratt

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      Donald Houston

      Taffy Evans

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      Suzanne Cloutier

      Stella

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      George Coulouris

      Briggs

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      Jean Taylor Smith

      Sister Virtue

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      Nicholas Phipps

      Magistrate

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      Geoffrey Keen

      Dean

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      Martin Boddey

      Demonstrator at Pedal Machine

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      Joan Sims

      Rigor Mortis

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      Gudrun Ure

      May

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      Harry Locke

      Jessup

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      Cyril Chamberlain

      Policeman

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      Ernest Clark

      Dr. Parrish

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      Maureen Pryor

      Mrs. Cooper

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      George Benson

      Lecturer on Drains

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      Shirley Eaton

      Millicent "Milly" Groaker

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      Eliot Makeham

      Elderly Examiner

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      Joan Hickson

      Mrs. Groaker

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      Brian Oulton

      Medical Equipment Salesman

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      Noel Purcell

      Padre (uncredited)

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      Amy Veness

      Grandma Cooper (uncredited)

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      Mona Washbourne

      Midwifery Sister (uncredited)

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      Richard Wattis

      Medical Book Salesman (uncredited)

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      Carol White

      Girl (uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Apr 04 2022
    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 ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • student of medicine