Happy-Go-Laughable Hit!
6.5
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.
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Dirk Bogarde | Simon Sparrow | Unowned |
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Muriel Pavlow | Nurse Joy Gibson | Unowned |
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Kenneth More | Richard Grimsdyke | Unowned |
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Donald Sinden | Tony Benskin | Unowned |
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Kay Kendall | Miss Isobel Minster | Unowned |
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James Robertson Justice | Sir Lancelot Spratt | Unowned |
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Donald Houston | Taffy Evans | Unowned |
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Suzanne Cloutier | Stella | Unowned |
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George Coulouris | Briggs | Unowned |
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Jean Taylor Smith | Sister Virtue | Unowned |
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Nicholas Phipps | Magistrate | Unowned |
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Geoffrey Keen | Dean | Unowned |
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Martin Boddey | Demonstrator at Pedal Machine | Unowned |
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Joan Sims | Nurse Rigor Mortis | Unowned |
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Gudrun Ure | May | Unowned |
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Harry Locke | Jessup | Unowned |
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Cyril Chamberlain | Policeman | Unowned |
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Ernest Clark | Dr. Parrish | Unowned |
| Maureen Pryor | Mrs. Cooper | Unowned | |
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George Benson | Lecturer on Drains | Unowned |
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Shirley Eaton | Milly Groaker | Unowned |
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Eliot Makeham | Elderly Examiner | Unowned |
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Joan Hickson | Mrs. Groaker | Unowned |
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Brian Oulton | Medical Equipment Salesman | Unowned |
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Noel Purcell | Padre (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Amy Veness | Grandma Cooper (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Mona Washbourne | Midwifery Sister (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Richard Wattis | Medical Book Salesman (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Carol White | Girl (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Shirley Burniston | Barbara (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Tony Castleton | Medical Student (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Mary Chapman | Girl (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Mike Conner | Lecturer (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Mark Dignam | Examiner at Microscope (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Anthony Faramus | Patient (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Felix Felton | Examiner (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Lisa Gastoni | Jane (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Wyndham Goldie | Examiner (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Richard Gordon | George Stubbins (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Fred Griffiths | Taxi Driver (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Patrick Halpin | Medical Student (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Aidan Harrington | Medical Student (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Bob Head | Patient (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Joan Ingram | Examiner (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Douglas Ives | Alfie Sprogett (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Barry Johns | Medical Student (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Jack Mandeville | Policeman (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Anthony Marlowe | Paul Grey (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Norman Morris | Medical Student (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Richard Neller | Doctor (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Louise Nolan | Nun (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Arthur Sandifer | Porter (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Terry Sartain | Medical Student (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Bruce Seton | Police Driver (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Jack Silk | Medical Student (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Jeff Silk | Medical Student (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Paddy Smith | Medical Student (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Geoffrey Sumner | Forensic Lecturer (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Graham Tonbridge | Doctor (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Harry Van Engel | Medical Student (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Martin Voss | Medical Student (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Joe Wadham | Policeman in Court (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Eric Wetherell | Medical Student (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Billy Wilmot | Visitor (uncredited) | Unowned |