Doctor in Distress (1963)

Dr. Simon Sparrow's love life improves dramatically when the lovely Delia Mallory is brought into casualty with a sprained ankle. She's relieved at the diagnosis as she is a dancer and is ... See full summary »

Director:

Ralph Thomas

Writers:

Nicholas Phipps (screenplay), Ronald Scott Thorn (screenplay),

Stars:

Dirk Bogarde, James Robertson Justice, Samantha Eggar

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dirk Bogarde	...	Dr. Simon Sparrow
James Robertson Justice	...	Sir Lancelot Spratt
Samantha Eggar	...	Delia Mallory
Barbara Murray	...	Iris Marchant - Physiotherapist
Mylène Demongeot	...	Sonia / Helga Stronberg (as Mylene Demongeot)
Donald Houston	...	Maj. Tommy Ffrench
Jessie Evans	...	Mrs. Parry
Ann Lynn	...	Mrs. Whittaker
Leo McKern	...	Harry Heilbronn
Rodney Cardiff	...	Dr. Stewart
Dennis Price	...	Dr. Blacker
Fenella Fielding	...	Passenger on Train
Jill Adams	...	Genevieve
Paul Whitsun-Jones	...	Grimes
Michael Flanders	...	Bradby

Storyline

Dr. Simon Sparrow's love life improves dramatically when the lovely Delia Mallory is brought into casualty with a sprained ankle. She's relieved at the diagnosis as she is a dancer and is as attracted to Sparrow as he is to her. Sparrow finds himself treating Sir Lancelot Spratt who has taken to sleep walking. He has also quite suddenly lost his gruff manner and is being quite nice to everyone. Sparrow quickly diagnoses Spratt's condition: he's fallen in love. The object of his affection is physiotherapist Iris Merchant. Sparrow urges him on but she also has another suitor in the form of Major Tommy Ffrench. Spratt tries to hire a private detective to follow her but when that doesn't work out he takes to following her himself. Mayhem ensues.

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Plot Keywords:

doctor | medical | sequel | independent film

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Taglines:

It's the incurable 'Doctor' team!

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 December 1963 (Denmark)

Also Known As:

Consultório Indiscreto

Filming Locations:

Ealing, London, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Rank Organisation, The

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Did You Know?

Connections

Follows Doctor at Large (1957)

User Reviews

Where't the other doctor ?

Dirk Bogarde stars as a young doctor in this lightweight drama – comedy, light on situations and jokes even for this franchise, as it lacks the rivalry from the other junior doctor, who is absent completely in this film.

Leo McKern as a film producer and Dennis Price as a fashion agent are completed wasted in a subplot that peters out and goes nowhere. Most of the film follows the annoying chief surgeon Sir Lancelot Spratt pursuing a love interest with a physiotherapist which also finishes without a conclusion. Another love interest between Bogarde and a French physiotherapist also ends inconclusively.

It appears the film was made from a number of different plot lines from the book series which the studio didn't complete in order not to require an 18 certificate.