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Doctor in the House (1954)

1954-03-23 · 1h 32m · EN
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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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Ralph ThomasDirector

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Dirk BogardeDirk BogardeSimon SparrowMuriel PavlowMuriel PavlowNurse Joy GibsonKenneth MoreKenneth MoreRichard GrimsdykeDonald SindenDonald SindenTony BenskinKay KendallKay KendallIsobel MinsterJames Robertson JusticeJames Robertson JusticeSir Lancelot SprattDonald HoustonDonald HoustonTaffy EvansSuzanne CloutierSuzanne CloutierStellaGeorge CoulourisGeorge CoulourisBriggsJean Taylor SmithJean Taylor SmithSister VirtueNicholas PhippsNicholas PhippsMagistrateGeoffrey KeenGeoffrey KeenDean

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StudentStudent of medicine

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Genre affinityComedyTheme affinityStudent · Student Of MedicineDialogue densityComedyDirector preference324980Actor preference206318 · 215546 · 268497Country preferenceGb

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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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Doctor in the House has a runtime of 92 minutes.

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