Doctor at Large (1957)

Dr. Sparrow graduates and sets out into the world. Hilarious internships with a miserly doctor and his young wife, a country doctor paid in kind not cash, and a quack specializing in rich ... See full summary »

Director:

Ralph Thomas

Writers:

Richard Gordon (novel), Nicholas Phipps (screenplay)

Stars:

Dirk Bogarde, Muriel Pavlow, Donald Sinden

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dirk Bogarde	...	Dr. Simon Sparrow
Muriel Pavlow	...	Dr. Joy Gibson
Donald Sinden	...	Dr. Tony Benskin
James Robertson Justice	...	Sir Lancelot Spratt
Shirley Eaton	...	Nurse Nan McPherson
Derek Farr	...	Dr. Potter-Shine
Michael Medwin	...	Dr. Charles Bingham
Martin Benson	...	Maharajah of Rhanda
John Chandos	...	O'Malley
Edward Chapman	...	Wilkins
George Coulouris	...	Pascoe
Judith Furse	...	Mrs. Digby - Innkeeper
Gladys Henson	...	Mrs. Wilkins
Anne Heywood	...	Emerald
Ernest Jay	...	Charles Hopcroft

Storyline

Dr. Sparrow graduates and sets out into the world. Hilarious internships with a miserly doctor and his young wife, a country doctor paid in kind not cash, and a quack specializing in rich neurotic women. He applies for a surgery position at a hospital, insults the senior surgeon, then rescues one of the hospital's governors and finally gets his place on the staff.

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Plot Keywords:

hospital | doctor | sequel | based on novel

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Taglines:

X-citingly Fresh! X-tremely Funny! X-travagantly Frank! X-actly What the Doctor Ordered!

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 April 1957 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

Hilfe, der Doktor kommt!

Company Credits

Production Co:

Rank Organisation, The, Group Film Productions Limited

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color (Eastman Color)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ernest Jay who has a bit part in this film died before release.

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Goofs

When Sparrow takes the letter from Sir Lancelot out of its envelope, the letter is folded into four, yet when he takes it out of his coat pocket when in the pub, it is folded in three.

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Connections

Follows Doctor in the House (1954)

User Reviews

3rd in the Doctor series

Not as good as the first (Doctor In The House), but easily better than the second, Doctor At Sea, and it's great to see Joy (Muriel Pavlow) make a welcome return. James Robertson Justice is at his acerbic best in this installment, and the predicaments Dirk Bogarde gets himself into in the rural practitioners are hilarious. 7.5/10.