Doctor in the House
Ralph Thomas1954-03-23
Happy-Go-Laughable Hit!
6.3
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.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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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 | 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 | 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 |
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Maureen Pryor | Mrs. Cooper | Unowned |
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George Benson | Lecturer on Drains | Unowned |
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Shirley Eaton | Millicent "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 |