Doctor in the House

Doctor in the House

92 mins | Comedy | March 23, 1954

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.

Doctor in the House

92 mins | Comedy | March 23, 1954

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.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers The Rank Organisation
Original title Doctor in the House
Directors Ralph Thomas
Writers Nicholas Pipps, Richard Gordon

Cast

Dirk Bogarde

as Simon Sparrow

Muriel Pavlow

as Nurse Joy Gibson

Kenneth More

as Richard Grimsdyke

Donald Sinden

as Tony Benskin

Kay Kendall

as Isobel Minster

James Robertson Justice

as Sir Lancelot Spratt

Donald Houston

as Taffy Evans

Suzanne Cloutier

as Stella

George Coulouris

as Briggs

Jean Taylor Smith

as Sister Virtue

Nicholas Phipps

as Magistrate

Geoffrey Keen

as Dean

Martin Boddey

as Demonstrator at Pedal Machine

Joan Sims

as Rigor Mortis

Gudrun Ure

as May

Harry Locke

as Jessup

Cyril Chamberlain

as Policeman

Ernest Clark

as Dr. Parrish

Maureen Pryor

as Mrs. Cooper

George Benson

as Lecturer on Drains

Shirley Eaton

as Millicent "Milly" Groaker

Eliot Makeham

as Elderly Examiner

Joan Hickson

as Mrs. Groaker

Brian Oulton

as Medical Equipment Salesman

Noel Purcell

as Padre (uncredited)

Amy Veness

as Grandma Cooper (uncredited)

Mona Washbourne

as Midwifery Sister (uncredited)

Richard Wattis

as Medical Book Salesman (uncredited)

Carol White

as Girl (uncredited)