6.1/10 578 votes

Released:
1957-03-26

Overview:
Losing out to Dr. Bingham (Michael Medwin) in a competition for house surgeon when he offends a member of the board, young Dr. Simon Sparrow (Dirk Bogarde) finds himself going from post to post, filling in for other physicians. At one distant country post, he is taken aback when he works with a patient whose husband died after Simon treated the man years before. In another hospital, Simon examines a surprisingly mature teen and also tries courting devoted nurse Nan McPherson (Shirley Eaton).

Director:
Ralph Thomas

Runtime:
1h 44min

Genre:
Comedy, Romance

• Cast:
• 
  Dirk Bogarde
  as
  Dr. Simon Sparrow
• 
  Muriel Pavlow
  as
  Joy Gibson
• 
  Donald Sinden
  as
  Dr. Tony Benskin
• 
  James Robertson Justice
  as
  Sir Lancelot Spratt
• 
  Shirley Eaton
  as
  Nurse Nan MacPherson