Carry On Nurse

"It'll fracture your funnybone !"

1959 1h 26m EN

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6.4

MID

★6.4TMDB · 67

Comedy

Synopsis

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In Haven Hospital, a certain men's ward is causing more havoc than the whole hospital altogether. The formidable Matron's debut gives everyone a chill every time she walks past, with only Reckitt standing up to her. There's a colonel who's a constant nuisance, a bumbling nurse, a romance between Ted York and Nurse Denton, and Bell wants his bunion removed straight away, so after a couple of pints, the men decide to remove the bunion themselves!

“It'll fracture your funnybone !”

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Cast

Kenneth Connor
Bernie Bishop
Shirley Eaton
Staff Nurse Dorothy Denton
Charles Hawtrey
Humphrey Hinton
Hattie Jacques
Matron
Terence Longdon
Ted York
Bill Owen
Percy "Perc" Hickson
Leslie Phillips
Jack Bell
Joan Sims
Student Nurse Stella Dawson

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Gerald Thomas
Writers: Norman Hudis
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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RUNTIME

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86 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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67 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Carry On Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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ERA

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Directed by Gerald Thomas, shot by Reginald H. Wyer. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Bruce Montgomery. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor John Shirley shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Kenneth Connor and Shirley Eaton and Charles Hawtrey carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "It'll fracture your funnybone !".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Gerald Thomas directs. Reginald H. Wyer behind the camera. Bruce Montgomery scores. John Shirley cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

186 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
267 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Carry On Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Gerald Thomas, shot by Reginald H. Wyer. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Bruce Montgomery. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor John Shirley shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Kenneth Connor and Shirley Eaton and Charles Hawtrey carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "It'll fracture your funnybone !".
9IMDB entry: tt0051452 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 67 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
11Classified under 9 themes, including "journalist", "ambulance", "radio", "romance".

The technical file

Cinematography: Reginald H. Wyer
Original score: Bruce Montgomery
Editing: John Shirley
Runtime: 86 min · 1h 26m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Carry On Nurse (1959)

Part of

Carry On Collection

This is classic British comedy at it's best! This collection contains all 31 hilarious Carry On movies. Starring: Kenneth Williams Charles Hawtrey Jim Dale Joan Sims Barbara Windsor Hattie Jacques Windsor Davies Valerie Leon Peter Butterworth Bernard Bresslaw Terry Scott Bill Maynard Phil Silvers Patsy Rowlands and Frankie Howerd.

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Gerald Thomas

Community reviews

What people are saying

CinemaSerf2023-07-23
★ 6/10
Hattie Jacques rules the nurses with a rod of iron as the matron; Wilfred Hyde-White has them all dancing to his tune as the "Colonel" and the rest of patients seem to be in far more danger inside this ward in the "Haven Hospital" than they might be outside walking down the motorway! Things lurch from minor disaster to minor disaster until "Jack" (Leslie Phillips) has to have his bunion operation deferred. He has other, urgent, plans and after a few glasses of bubbly the patients decide that this surgery is a dawdle, take over a theatre in the dead of night and attempt to remove it themselves! Enough to make your eyes water! Jacques was always in her element as the authoritarian figure and there are some fun pranks afoot to get revenge for her ruthlessness from both the poorly folks and from her put-upon nursing staff too. The humour is simple, there's a touch of slapstick and even a wee bit of romance - as well as some over sterilised catheter tubes and plenty of quirky character-driven sub-plots to give each of the cast their moment in the sun. Not my favourite, it's a bit too obvious much of the time - but it's still watchable if you get into the (surgical) spirit of the thing.

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