Doctor in the House (1954)
Happy-Go-Laughable Hit!
92 min
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
- March 23, 1954
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Music
- Bruce Montgomery
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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 Nurse 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 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)
Crew
- Ralph Thomas · Director
- Richard Gordon · Writer
- Nicholas Phipps · Writer
- Betty E. Box · Producer
- Bruce Montgomery · Composer
- Ernest Steward · Cinematographer
- Gerald Thomas · Editor