Nurse on Wheels

Name: Nurse on Wheels
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 1 h 25 min
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Juliet Mills, Ronald Lewis, Joan Sims

19631963
1h 25m

6.1/10

354

Comedy

Quietly competent young Joanna moves with her scatterbrain mother to a country village to take up her first job as District Nurse. She soon overcomes the suspicion of her patients used to so... Read allQuietly competent young Joanna moves with her scatterbrain mother to a country village to take up her first job as District Nurse. She soon overcomes the suspicion of her patients used to someone rather older, while becoming romantically involved with a local farmer - at least un... Read allQuietly competent young Joanna moves with her scatterbrain mother to a country village to take up her first job as District Nurse. She soon overcomes the suspicion of her patients used to someone rather older, while becoming romantically involved with a local farmer - at least until he tries to evict a newly-arrived expectant couple who park their caravan on his land.

6.1/10

354

Director
- Gerald Thomas
Writers
- John Burke(novel "Nurse Is a Neighbour")
- Norman Hudis
Stars

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Esma Cannon and Joan Sims in Nurse on Wheels (1963)

Juliet Mills, Raymond Huntley, and Joan Sims in Nurse on Wheels (1963)

Noel Purcell and Norman Rossington in Nurse on Wheels (1963)

Juliet Mills and Ronald Lewis in Nurse on Wheels (1963)

Juliet Mills and Noel Purcell in Nurse on Wheels (1963)

Director
- Gerald Thomas
Writers
- John Burke(novel "Nurse Is a Neighbour")
- Norman Hudis
All cast & crew
See more cast details at IMDbPro

Quietly competent young Joanna moves with her scatterbrain mother to a country village to take up her first job as District Nurse. She soon overcomes the suspicion of her patients used to someone rather older, while becoming romantically involved with a local farmer - at least until he tries to evict a newly-arrived expectant couple who park their caravan on his land. —Jeremy Perkins {J-26}

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Taglines
- Even funnier than "Carry on Nurse!"
Genre
- Comedy
Parents guide
- Add content advisory

Trivia
Joan Sims was originally cast in the title role but put on weight before production started. Producer Peter Rogers recast the part with Juliet Mills but offered Sims any other role for the same top billing and salary, and she chose the part of Deborah, the vicar's daughter.

Goofs
The wild car journey is split into two parts, apparently a reel is in the wrong order.

Quotes
[last lines: Dr Golfrey pulls back the bed clothes to show Abel Worthy lying with a toilet seat stuck to his posterior]
Dr. Golfrey Senior: Well, girl. What's the matter with you? Never come across anything like that before?
Joanna Jones: Oh yes, doctor, but never framed!

Connections
Referenced in True Jackson, VP: Ryan on Wheels (2008)

Top review

8/10

Perfect for a Sunday afternoon

A marvellous bit of whimsy from Britain's film industry of the early 60's, when we knew how to make this kind of light-hearted comedy/drama. Almost everyone is perfectly cast - especially the pretty and pleasant Juliet Mills as Nurse Jones - and her mother, played by the incomparable Esma Cannon very nearly steals the show; the scene with the sink plunger never misses. Raymond Huntley's vicar is a bit thin on plot, but then he is there only to provide Joan Sims with a purpose anyway. However, on every DVD and TV showing I've seen, the reels seem to have been assembled in the wrong order and the plot strand concerning Joan Sims applying for a job seems back-to-front! Despite this, Nurse on Wheels is a pleasant 90 minutes of classic British gentle comedy with a fine cast of regulars. I can only agree with other posters who have said 'they don't make them like this anymore'.

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