Doctor in the House
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| Directed by | Ralph Thomas |
| Produced by | Betty Box |
| Written by | Nicholas Phipps Richard Gordon Ronald Wilkinson |
| Starring | Dirk Bogarde Kenneth More Donald Sinden Kay Kendall James Robertson Justice Donald Houston |
| Distributed by | Rank |
| Release date(s) | 1954 |
| Running time | 87 min |
| Language | English |
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Doctor in the House is a 1954 British comedy film, directed by Ralph Thomas and produced by Betty Box. It was the most popular box office film of 1954 in Great Britain.
The screenplay, by Nicholas Phipps, Richard Gordon and Ronald Wilkinson, is based on the novel by Richard Gordon, and follows a group of students through their first years at medical school.
The film helped make Dirk Bogarde one of the biggest British stars of the 1950s, and led to a number of sequels.
Other well known British actors featured, including Kenneth More, Donald Sinden and Donald Houston.
James Robertson Justice also appeared as the irascible chief surgeon Sir Lancelot Spratt, a role he would repeat in many of the sequels.
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Sequels - the films
The other films in the series were:
- Doctor at Sea (1955) — (with Bogarde)
- Doctor at Large (1957) — (with Bogarde)
- Doctor in Love (1960)
:: — (with Michael Craig and Leslie Phillips instead of Bogarde)
- Doctor in Distress (1963) — (with Bogarde)
- Doctor in Clover (1966) — (with Phillips)
- Doctor in Trouble (1970) — (with Phillips)
Sequels - the television series
A successful television series from London Weekend Television also followed:
- Doctor at Large
- Doctor in Charge
- Doctor at Sea
- Doctor on the Go
- Doctor Down Under — filmed, and set, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Doctor at the Top
- See Doctor in the House for information about the television series
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Categories
1954 films | British films | Comedy films | English novels | Films based on fiction books | Film series