The Doctor Collection
Doctor at Large
All the BARE FACTS and FIGURES That Add Up to a Young Medic's Love Life!
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).
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CinemaSerf
Apr 4, 2022 · via TMDB
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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Dirk Bogarde
Dr. Simon Sparrow
Muriel Pavlow
Joy Gibson
Donald Sinden
Dr. Tony Benskin
James Robertson Justice
Sir Lancelot Spratt
Shirley Eaton
Nurse Nan MacPherson
Derek Farr
Dr. Erasmus Potter-Shine
Michael Medwin
Dr. Charlie Bingham
Martin Benson
Maharajah of Branda
John Chandos
O'Malley
Edward Chapman
Mr. Wilkins
George Coulouris
Pascoe
Judith Furse
Mrs. Digby
Gladys Henson
Mrs. Wilkins
Anne Heywood
Emerald
Lionel Jeffries
Dr. Hampton Hatchet
Mervyn Johns
Mr. Smith
Geoffrey Keen
Examiner
Harry Locke
Harry Jessup
Terence Longdon
George
A.E. Matthews
Duke of Skye and Lewes
Guy Middleton
Major Porter
Barbara Murray
Kitty
Dandy Nichols
Mrs. Law
Nicholas Phipps
Mr. Wayland
Wensley Pithey
Sam
Noel Purcell
Padre
George Relph
Dr. Farquarson
Athene Seyler
Lady Hawkins
Ronnie Stevens
Waiter at Hotel
Ernest Thesiger
Examiner
Michael Trubshawe
Colonel Graves
Freda Bamford
Eva's Mother (uncredited)
Cyril Chamberlain
Police Constable (uncredited)
Junia Crawford
Girl on Boat (uncredited)
Douglas Ives
Elephant Keeper (uncredited)
June Laverick
Secretary (uncredited)
Wilfrid Lawson
Dustman with Cyst (uncredited)
Charles Lloyd Pack
Man (uncredited)
Bernard Miles
Haymaking Farmer (uncredited)
Frederick Piper
Ernest (uncredited)
Beth Rogan
Clerk (uncredited)
Jean St. Clair
Oona (uncredited)
Guy Standeven
Student Doctor (uncredited)
Bill Fraser
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Donald Pickering
Cyril (uncredited)
Ralph Thomas
Director
Nicholas Phipps
Screenplay
Der tolle Bomberg
Modern Times
Vertigo
Fireproof
Brief Encounter
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Talk to Her
Your Happiness Depends on Me
Meet Joe Black
Sicko
Dirty Dancing
Operation Petticoat
To Catch a Thief
The Painted Veil
Flickering Lights
Snow Cake
SLC Punk
Pillow Talk
Open Hearts
Re-Animator
The Lake House
While You Were Sleeping
Calling Dr. Gillespie
M*A*S*H
Help!
Winter Sleepers
Space Jam
Vanilla Sky
Reclaim Your Brain
Love in the Time of Cholera
Meet the Parents
La Hermanita Dinamita
Carry On Cleo
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
Carry On Doctor
The Grocer's Son
Praxis Dr. Hasenbein
Carry On Screaming!
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
Emma's Bliss
Bean
Die Aufschneider
Swept from the Sea
Carry On Cowboy
Shallow Hal
The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
Choke
My Uncle Benjamin
Can't Buy My Love
Hospital!
The Devil's in Love
Sahara
The Wedding Planner
A Hologram for the King
The Lamp Still Burns
Earth Girls Are Easy
Leroy
The Millionairess
Century
Man with the Screaming Brain
The Pearls of the Bojana
The New Interns
White Uniform Confinement
The Naked Man
Up! Up! To the sky
The Golden Key
Heartless
Dharman
The Kissing Booth 2
Cactus Flower
A Day at the Races
What a Way to Go!
The Thrill of It All
Desk Set
Mr. Lucky
My Favorite Wedding
Silk Stockings
To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You
How to Marry a Millionaire
Chasing Papi
The Wrong Paris
Return to Me
Finding Normal
YES DAY
Playing with Fire
That Uncertain Feeling
Carry On Doctor
Bells Are Ringing
Made of Honor
Easy Virtue
Let's Make Love
Doc Hollywood
Watching the Detectives
The Disorderly Orderly
The Color Wheel
At Middleton
Wedding Season
Love Is in the Air
Yoh! Bestie
Cadet Kelly
Yours, Mine & Ours
Relative Values
Keeping the Faith
Only the Lonely
The Prince & Me 4: The Elephant Adventure
Boot Camp
What's Love Got to Do with It?
The Rewrite
Blue Hawaii
Love, Weddings & Other Disasters
Gidget
Love Birds
Good Advice
Crossing Delancey
Girl on a Bicycle
Jul 27, 1957
