Carry On Doctor

"That 'Carry On' Gang is playing Doctor with the Sexiest Nurses in town!"

1967 1h 34m EN

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6.5

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★6.5TMDB · 88

Comedy

Synopsis

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Francis Bigger, a notorious charlatan who tours the country lecturing on the subject of mind over matter, slips off the platform in the middle of his performance and ends up in hospital under the care of Dr Tinkle. The hospital is about to enter a period of total chaos.

“That 'Carry On' Gang is playing Doctor with the Sexiest Nurses in town!”

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Cast

Frankie Howerd
Mr. Francis Bigger
Sidney James
Mr. Charlie Roper
Charles Hawtrey
Mr. Barron
Kenneth Williams
Dr. Kenneth Tinkle
Jim Dale
Dr. Jim Kilmore
Barbara Windsor
Trainee Nurse Sandra May
Joan Sims
Chloe Gibson
Bernard Bresslaw
Mr. Ken Biddle

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Gerald Thomas
Writers: Talbot Rothwell
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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ERA

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59 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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2 / 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 Alan Hume. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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DIRECTOR

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

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6 / 8

CAST

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Frankie Howerd and Sidney James and Charles Hawtrey carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "That 'Carry On' Gang is playing Doctor with the Sexiest Nurses in town!".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0061450 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Gerald Thomas directs. Alan Hume behind the camera. Eric Rogers scores. Alfred Roome cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

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159 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Part of the "Carry On Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Gerald Thomas, shot by Alan Hume. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Eric Rogers. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Alfred Roome shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Frankie Howerd and Sidney James and Charles Hawtrey carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "That 'Carry On' Gang is playing Doctor with the Sexiest Nurses in town!".
8IMDB entry: tt0061450 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 88 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
10Classified under 11 themes, including "nurse", "ambulance", "slapstick comedy", "romance".

The technical file

Cinematography: Alan Hume
Original score: Eric Rogers
Editing: Alfred Roome
Costume design: Yvonne Caffin
Makeup / hair: Stella Rivers
Runtime: 94 min · 1h 34m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Carry On Doctor (1967)

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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CinemaSerf2023-07-25
★ 6/10
A largely overpowering Frankie Howerd heads the cast for this slightly revamped version of "Carry On Nurse" (1959) as the crooked preacher who ends up in hospital after a posterior altercation leaves him a bit bruised. When he gets to the hospital - where everything happens under the watchful gaze of the portrait of "Sir Lancelot Spratt" - he alights on "Roper" (Sid James) and "Barron" (Charles Hawtrey) and encounters the ruthless matron (Hattie Jacques). She resurrects her established partnership with Kenneth Williams' doctor - this time he's called "Tinkle" and the scene is now set for some fairly standard fayre of mischief and mayhem. Jim Dale features a little too frequently for me - I found his efforts just too busy and frenetic - as the bumbling "Dr. Kilmore" who is the apple in the eye of the nurses, especially "Miss Clarke" (Anita Harris) and so the seeds of romance are sewn. It's all a bit same old, same old, this comedy - but the last twenty minutes or so give them all a chance to shine as revenge is taken and Williams, in particular, gets a little more than he bargained for. It's quickly paced and there is plenty of innuendo but here I found the script a bit more akin to the traditional films - less smut and more fun. A power struggle with anaesthetics - what's not to like?

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