Doctor in the House (1954) |
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| Director(s) | Ralph Thomas |
| Producer(s) | Earl St. John |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Drama, Film Adaptation |
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Dirk Bogarde
(as Simon Sparrow)
Kenneth More
(as Richard Grimsdyke)
Donald Sinden
(as Tony Benskin)
Kay Kendall
(as Isobel Minster)
James Robertson Justice
(as Sir Lancelot Spratt)
Donald Houston
(as Taffy Evans)
George Coulouris
(as Briggs)
Martin Boddey
(as Demonstrator at pedal ...)
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Doctor in the House (1954) was a Comedy - Drama Film directed by Ralph Thomas and produced by Earl St. John.
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Doctor in the House: Reviews of All Seven Films
Richard Gordon's semi-autobiographical Doctor novels provided the basis for this seven film series that started with 1954's Doctor in the House. The films were immensely popular in Great Britain and spawned several TV series, the best-known being the 1969-70 Doctor in the House (with some episodes w... Read full article
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Robert Morley was first offered the role of Lancelot Spratt but turned it down for financial reasons.
Ernest Clark (Mr.Parrish) would later play Sir Geoffrey Loftus, a Sir Lancelot Spratt type character, in the TV sitcom version of this Doctor in the House and its various TV sequels.
The medical school in the film was the old St. Georges Hospital Medical School which used to be on Hyde Park Corner (now a plush hotel). St. Georges was later moved to Tooting, in South West London.
The most popular film of its year at the UK box office.
Richard Gordon:
The author of the book "Doctor in The House" has a cameo as a Anaethetist.