6.7/10 1,066 votes

Released:
1954-03-23

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.

Director:
Ralph Thomas

Runtime:
1h 32min

Genre:
Comedy

• Cast:
• 
  Dirk Bogarde
  as
  Simon Sparrow
• 
  Muriel Pavlow
  as
  Nurse Joy Gibson
• 
  Kenneth More
  as
  Richard Grimsdyke
• 
  Donald Sinden
  as
  Tony Benskin
• 
  Kay Kendall
  as
  Miss Isobel Minster