Comedy

Doctor in the House

- Happy-Go-Laughable Hit!

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.

Release Date : 1954-03-23

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : The Rank Organisation

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Simon Sparrow

Original Name : Dirk Bogarde

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nurse Joy Gibson

Original Name : Muriel Pavlow

Gender : Female

Character Name : Richard Grimsdyke

Original Name : Kenneth More

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tony Benskin

Original Name : Donald Sinden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Isobel Minster

Original Name : Kay Kendall

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sir Lancelot Spratt

Original Name : James Robertson Justice

Gender : Male

Character Name : Taffy Evans

Original Name : Donald Houston

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stella

Original Name : Suzanne Cloutier

Gender : Female

Character Name : Briggs

Original Name : George Coulouris

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sister Virtue

Original Name : Jean Taylor Smith

Gender : Female

Character Name : Magistrate

Original Name : Nicholas Phipps

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dean

Original Name : Geoffrey Keen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Demonstrator at Pedal Machine

Original Name : Martin Boddey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rigor Mortis

Original Name : Joan Sims

Gender : Female

Character Name : May

Original Name : Gudrun Ure

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jessup

Original Name : Harry Locke

Gender : Male

Character Name : Policeman

Original Name : Cyril Chamberlain

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Parrish

Original Name : Ernest Clark

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Cooper

Original Name : Maureen Pryor

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lecturer on Drains

Original Name : George Benson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Millicent "Milly" Groaker

Original Name : Shirley Eaton

Gender : Female

Character Name : Elderly Examiner

Original Name : Eliot Makeham

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Groaker

Original Name : Joan Hickson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Medical Equipment Salesman

Original Name : Brian Oulton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Padre

Original Name : Noel Purcell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Grandma Cooper

Original Name : Amy Veness

Gender : Female

Character Name : Midwifery Sister

Original Name : Mona Washbourne

Gender : Female

Character Name : Medical Book Salesman

Original Name : Richard Wattis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Girl

Original Name : Carol White

Gender : Female

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

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 Kendall and Muriel Pavlow come across as if they are having quite a bit of fun making this. Sure, the scenarios are all very predictable (or just downright far-fetched) but the humour is harmless fun that I suspect, though maybe not to quite to the extremes depicted here, could remind many of us of our youthful japery when the studying was not so important. Uniquely British, I'd have thought - I can't think this will travel well, but almost 70 years on I still quite enjoyed it.