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Writers:
Patrick Cargill (idea) and
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Release Date:
21 July 1959 (Denmark) more
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Tagline:
From the same stars and team that gave you the sensational comedy success "Carry on Sergeant" more
Plot:
Set in Haven Hospital where a certain men's ward is causing more havoc than the whole hospital put together... more | add synopsis
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(2 articles)
Peter Rogers Dies
 (From EmpireOnline. 16 April 2009, 1:53 AM, PDT)

Obit: Peter Rogers, Produced 'Carry On' Series
 (From The Wrap. 15 April 2009, 7:48 PM, PDT)

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Cast

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Kenneth Connor ... Bernie Bishop
Shirley Eaton ... Staff Nurse Dorothy Denton
Charles Hawtrey ... Humphrey Hinton
Hattie Jacques ... Matron
Terence Longdon ... Ted York
Bill Owen ... Percy 'Perc' Hickson
Leslie Phillips ... Jack Bell
Joan Sims ... Student Nurse Stella Dawson
Susan Stephen ... Nurse Georgie Axwell
Kenneth Williams ... Oliver Reckitt
Wilfrid Hyde-White ... The Colonel (as Wilfrid Hyde White)
Susan Beaumont ... Nurse Frances James
Ann Firbank ... Helen Lloyd
Joan Hickson ... Sister
Cyril Chamberlain ... Bert Able
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Additional Details

Runtime:
86 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Iceland:L | Australia:G | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | UK:PG (video rating) (1988) | UK:U (original rating) (passed with cuts) | USA:Not Rated

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Bob Monkhouse was offered to play a major role but passed because he thought the fee being offered was far too low. more
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: When the Nurse says to Mr Bishop "What a big fuss about such a little thing" - her lips are saying something completely different. more
Quotes:
Ted York, Newspaper Reporter.: Did it win?
Second Ambulance Man: That nag should be going into hospital, not you!
Ted York, Newspaper Reporter.: I wonder who won the baby stakes?
[Ted get up from the strecher, which collapses on top of the First Ambulance Man]
Ted York, Newspaper Reporter.: [looking down] Supposing I'd been on it!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Cor, Blimey! (2000) (TV) more

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And Now For An American Point of View, 16 June 2004
Author: richard.fuller1

Well, it was interesting. I laughed more at "Carry On Sergeant".

Fun seeing Wilfred Hyde White, an early Jill Ireland (but as a love interest for old Nasal Nose?) and June Whitfield, no doubt best known in America as Edina's mother on "Absolutely Fabulous."

The strongest point seemed to be waiting for Matron (what little I have seen of this woman, she is steadily emerging as the fave) to show up for inspection, but nothing really coming of it. I suppose the daffodil scene was bold for its time, must remember that. Certainly more daring than anything on American cinema.

I did enjoy Nurse Nightingale tho, keeping an eye on the patient.

There was just a bit of a hint of what is to come with Kenneth Williams and Hattie Jacques, as the two argued here over why he couldn't wear his robe while lying in bed.

And the laughing gas operation was highly original. I would wager that scene had something to do with why it got noticed in America.

Truthfully, I have never heard of any of these movies until a vacation to the UK back in '97.

It is an utterly fascinating idea to use the same actors over and over again in different settings tho.

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