Doctor in the House

6.5

92 minutes

3/23/1954

Overview

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 List

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 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 Millicent "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)