Doctor in the House
Happy-Go-Laughable Hit!
Directed by Ralph Thomas
Produced by The Rank Organisation
A lighthearted, warmly comedic romp through 1950s medical school life, built on camaraderie, youthful mischief, and the gentle tension between student hijinks and institutional authority.
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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