Doctor at Large
Doctor at Large

Doctor at Large (1957)

5.6 ? Mar 26, 1957 1h 44m

Overview

Losing out to Dr. Bingham (Michael Medwin) in a competition for house surgeon when he offends a member of the board, young Dr. Simon Sparrow (Dirk Bogarde) finds himself going from post to post, filling in for other physicians. At one distant country post, he is taken aback when he works with a patient whose husband died after Simon treated the man years before. In another hospital, Simon examines a surprisingly mature teen and also tries courting devoted nurse Nan McPherson (Shirley Eaton).

Genres

Comedy Romance

Release Date

March 26, 1957

Rating

5.6 /10

Runtime

1h 44m

Dirk Bogarde

Dirk Bogarde

Dr. Simon Sparrow

Muriel Pavlow

Muriel Pavlow

Joy Gibson

Donald Sinden

Donald Sinden

Dr. Tony Benskin

James Robertson Justice

James Robertson Justice

Sir Lancelot Spratt

Shirley Eaton

Shirley Eaton

Nurse Nan MacPherson

Derek Farr

Derek Farr

Dr. Erasmus Potter-Shine

Michael Medwin

Michael Medwin

Dr. Charlie Bingham

Martin Benson

Martin Benson

Maharajah of Branda

John Chandos

O'Malley

Edward Chapman

Edward Chapman

Mr. Wilkins

George Coulouris

George Coulouris

Pascoe

Judith Furse

Judith Furse

Mrs. Digby

Gladys Henson

Gladys Henson

Mrs. Wilkins

Anne Heywood

Anne Heywood

Emerald

Ernest Jay

Sir Charles Hopcroft

Lionel Jeffries

Lionel Jeffries

Dr. Hampton Hatchet

Mervyn Johns

Mervyn Johns

Mr. Smith

Geoffrey Keen

Geoffrey Keen

Examiner

Dilys Laye

Mrs. Jasmine Hatchet

Harry Locke

Harry Locke

Harry Jessup

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5.0/10

Apr 04, 2022

This third outing for our now qualified doctors has largely lost it's sting. Though many of the original cast have remained, there is far too much dialogue, way too many characters and the original stalwarts - Dirk Bogarde ("Sparrow"); James Robertson Justice ("Sir Lancelot") and Muriel Pavlow ("Joy") just don't feature enough as the story offers us some ever increasingly ridiculous scenarios. We even have an elephant! It's too long too, perhaps it could be tightened up by fifteen or twenty minutes, and the wordy chatter could really do with similar treatment too. It's fine, but the joke is really wearing thin and the frequently rather crass humour is now stretched past the point where laughs can easily be had.

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