Carry on Doctor (1967)

Director:

Gerald Thomas

Writer:

Talbot Rothwell (screenplay)

Release Date:

December 1967 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

They're Back! In the funniest operation you'll see in any theatre

Plot:

The popular Dr Kilmore is sacked after being discovered in a compromising position on the roof of the nurses' home...

Plot Keywords:

Nurse | Hospital | Medical | Carry On | Stockings

Cast

Frankie Howerd	...	Francis Bigger
Sid James	...	Charlie Roper (as Sidney James)
Charles Hawtrey	...	Mr. Barron
Kenneth Williams	...	Dr. Kenneth Tinkle
Jim Dale	...	Dr. Jim Kilmore
Barbara Windsor	...	Nurse Sandra May
Joan Sims	...	Chloë Gibson
Bernard Bresslaw	...	Ken Biddle
Hattie Jacques	...	Matron
Anita Harris	...	Nurse Clarke
Peter Butterworth	...	Mr. Smith
June Jago	...	Sister Hoggett
Derek Francis	...	Sir Edmund Burke
Dandy Nichols	...	Mrs. Roper
Peter Jones	...	Chaplain
Deryck Guyler	...	Mr. Hardcastle
Gwendolyn Watts	...	Mrs. Barron
Dilys Laye	...	Mavis Winkle
Peter Gilmore	...	Henry
Harry Locke	...	Sam
Marianne Stone	...	Mother
Jean St. Clair	...	Mrs. Smith
Valerie Van Ost	...	Nurse Parkin
Julian Orchard	...	Fred
Brian Wilde	...	Man from Cox & Carter
Lucy Griffiths	...	Miss Morris - Elderly Patient
Gertan Klauber	...	Wash Orderly
Julian Holloway	...	Simmons
Jenny White	...	Nurse in Bath
Helen Ford	...	Nurse
Gordon Rollings	...	Night Porter
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bart Allison	...	Grandad (uncredited)
Simon Cain	...	Tea Orderly (uncredited)
Pat Coombs	...	Anxious Patient (uncredited)
Alexandra Dane	...	Ante-Natal Instructor (uncredited)
Stephen Garlick	...	Boy (uncredited)
Cheryl Molineaux	...	Women's Ward Nurse (uncredited)
Jane Murdoch	...	Nurse (uncredited)

Directed by
Gerald Thomas

Writing credits
Talbot Rothwell		(screenplay)

Produced by
Peter Rogers	....	producer

Original Music by
Eric Rogers

Cinematography by
Alan Hume		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Alfred Roome

Casting by
Weston Drury Jr.		(uncredited)

Art Direction by
Cedric Dawe

Costume Design by
Yvonne Caffin

Makeup Department
Stella Rivers	....	hairdressing
Geoffrey Rodway	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Jack Swinburne	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Terence A. Clegg	....	assistant director (as Terry Clegg)

Art Department
John Chisholm	....	props (uncredited)
Dorothy Elliott	....	set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department
Ken Barker	....	sound recordist
David Campling	....	dubbing editor
Dudley Messenger	....	sound recordist
Danny Daniel	....	boom operator (uncredited)
Graham V. Hartstone	....	sound camera operator (uncredited)

Stunts
Jasmin Broughton	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Ken Norris	....	stunt double (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
James Bawden	....	camera operator (as Jim Bawden)
Ian Jeayes	....	still photographer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Jack Gardner	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Eric Rogers	....	conductor

Other crew
Larry	....	title sketches
Joy Mercer	....	continuity

Production Companies

• Rank Organisation, The (presents) (as The Rank Organisation)
• Adder Productions (uncredited)

Distributors

• Rank Film Distributors of America (1968) (USA) (theatrical)
• American International Pictures (AIP) (1972) (USA) (theatrical)
• Paramount Home Video (1988) (USA) (VHS)
• Pilot Filmverleih (1976) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• AmCo Movie (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
• Prism Leisure Corporation (????) (UK) (DVD)
• VCI Entertainment (2012) (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor) (uncredited)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Sweden:Btl | UK:PG (video rating) | USA:PG | Iceland:L | UK:A (original rating) | Australia:PG | Germany:12 (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Maidenhead Town Hall, Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK

Company:

Rank Organisation, The

Trivia:

Sid James spent most of his screen time in bed, as he had recently suffered a heart attack.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Mr Roper is asking the nurse if he can have a fag, he is told to take his medicine, so he takes it. But in the next shot, when the nurse has gone and he is holding a newspaper, the medicine has disappeared.

Quotes:

Francis Bigger:[seeing the ward sister being carried into the laundry room] Fancy her wearing red ones under all that!
Mr. Roper:[on seeing Bigger come out of his room] Get back in there and keep quiet!
Francis Bigger:[approaching Roper] Oh. What's this? The revolt of the slaves?
Mr. Roper:Something like that. We've got some business to settle with Tinkle!
Francis Bigger:[pointing to his room] You want me to stay in there? Never! Up the rebels, and to hell with Burgundy.
Mr. Roper:Where?
Francis Bigger:Bur-gun-dy!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Greatest Ever Carry On Films (2011) (TV)

My brief review of the film

Not up to the level of their best stuff, but far from the level of the Carry On team's weakest, this entry is as usual silly but entertaining. Some of the jokes are plainly obvious, but there are a few laugh-out-loud moments to make up for the tamer and lamer gags. The acting is good, but hardly the best that the team has displayed. It is however excess length that is the prime weakness here. The final fifteen minutes or so are very weak, and could have been handled better. Otherwise, this is simple, amusing fun, although 'Carry On Again Doctor' comes more highly recommend than this, and despite the title, the two films share as much in common as any of the Carry On films do.