Doctor at Large
All the BARE FACTS and FIGURES That Add Up to a Young Medic's Love Life!
1957 | 104m | English
Popularity: 0.7 (history)
| Director: | Ralph Thomas |
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| Writer: | Nicholas Phipps, Richard Gordon |
| Staring: |
| 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). | |
| Release Date: | Mar 26, 1957 |
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| Director: | Ralph Thomas |
| Writer: | Nicholas Phipps, Richard Gordon |
| Genres: | Comedy, Romance |
| Keywords | hospital, doctor, vistavision |
| Production Companies | The Rank Organisation |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 29, 2026 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Ernest Jay | Sir Charles Hopcroft |
| Lionel Jeffries | Dr. Hampton Hatchet |
| Mervyn Johns | Mr. Smith |
| Geoffrey Keen | Examiner |
| Dilys Laye | Mrs. Jasmine Hatchet |
| 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 |
| Maureen Pryor | Mrs. Dalton |
| 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) |
| Abe Barker | Old Ives (uncredited) |
| Eddie Boyce | Surgeon (uncredited) |
| Dennis Carnell | Anaesthetist (uncredited) |
| Tony Castleton | Medical Student (uncredited) |
| Cyril Chamberlain | Police Constable (uncredited) |
| Jimmy Charters | Patient (uncredited) |
| Peggy Ann Clifford | Large French Swimmer (uncredited) |
| Campbell Cotts | Butler (uncredited) |
| Junia Crawford | Girl on Boat (uncredited) |
| Reggie de Beer | Surgeon (uncredited) |
| Jack Dearlove | Medical Student (uncredited) |
| Chick Fowles | Passerby (uncredited) |
| Richard Gordon | George Stubbins (uncredited) |
| Victor Harrington | House Surgeon (uncredited) |
| Douglas Ives | Elephant Keeper (uncredited) |
| Gertrude Kaye | Outpatient (uncredited) |
| June Laverick | Secretary (uncredited) |
| Wilfrid Lawson | Dustman with Cyst (uncredited) |
| Charles Lloyd Pack | Man (uncredited) |
| Bernard Miles | Haymaking Farmer (uncredited) |
| John Pike | Haymaking Farmer's Son (uncredited) |
| Frederick Piper | Ernest (uncredited) |
| Carol Richmond | Eva (uncredited) |
| Beth Rogan | Clerk (uncredited) |
| Barbara Roscoe | Haymaking Farmer's Daughter (uncredited) |
| Arthur Sandifer | Barman (uncredited) |
| Jean St. Clair | Oona (uncredited) |
| Guy Standeven | Student Doctor (uncredited) |
| Vi Stevens | Outpatient (uncredited) |
| Graham Tonbridge | Surgeon (uncredited) |
| Molly Urquhart | Mrs. Ives (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Ralph Thomas | Director |
| Nicholas Phipps | Screenplay |
| Bruce Montgomery | Music |
| Ernest Steward | Director of Photography |
| Richard Gordon | Novel |
| Frederick Wilson | Editor |
| Charles Van der Goor | Sound |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Betty E. Box | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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Geronimo1967
5.0
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.
Apr 04, 2022