The very first film in the ever popular Doctor series. Here we are first introduced to Simon Sparrow (Dirk Bogarde), and follow his hilarious adventures as a student doctor in St. Swithins Hospital - from naive, bumbling trainee to his first day as a fully qualified doctor. In these early, formative years he learns how to cope with the occupational hazards of being a medical student, such as fiery ward sisters, frightening surgeons, over-knowledgeable patients, the eccentricities of his own colleagues, and of course, the pretty nurses.
With a superb supporting cast including James Robertson Justice as the inimitable Sir Lancelot Spratt and the combined talents of Kenneth More and Donald Sinden as Sparrow's fellow students, it's side-splitting laughs from start to finish. Just what the Doctor ordered.
Director: Ralph Thomas
Writers: Richard Gordon (by), Richard Gordon
Cast overview, first billed only:
Dirk Bogarde ... Simon Sparrow
Muriel Pavlow ... Joy Gibson
Kenneth More ... Richard Grimsdyke
Donald Sinden ... Tony Benskin
Kay Kendall ... Isobel Minster
James Robertson Justice ... Sir Lancelot Spratt
Donald Houston ... Taffy Evans
Suzanne Cloutier ... Stella
George Coulouris ... Briggs
Jean Taylor Smith ... Sister Virtue
Nicholas Phipps ... Magistrate
Geoffrey Keen ... Dean
Martin Boddey ... Demonstrator at pedal machine
Joan Sims ... Rigor Mortis
Gudrun Ure ... May (as Ann Gudrun)
Country:UK
Language:English
Release Date:2 February 1955 (USA)
Runtime:92 min
Sound Mix:Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Color:Color (Technicolor)
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