Doctor in the House (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.
- Released
- 1954-03-23
- Genres
- Comedy
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Ralph Thomas, Richard Gordon, Nicholas Pipps
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 from 31 votes
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 Miss 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