Overview
The first of the seven "Doctor" films, based on Richard Gordon's novels and released between 1954 and 1970. Simon Sparrow is a newly arrived medical student at St Swithin's hospital in London. Falling in with three longer-serving hopefuls he is soon immersed in the wooing, imbibing and fast sports-car driving that constitute 1950s medical training. There is, however, always the looming and formidable figure of chief surgeon Sir Lancelot Spratt to remind them of their real purpose.
Crew
DirectorRalph Thomas
WriterRichard Gordon, Nicholas Pipps
Cast
Dirk Bogarde
Simon Sparrow
Muriel Pavlow
Nurse Joy Gibson
Kenneth More
Richard Grimsdyke
Donald Sinden
Tony Benskin
Kay Kendall
Miss Isobel Minster
James Robertson Justice
Sir Lancelot Spratt
Donald Houston
Taffy Evans
Suzanne Cloutier
Stella
George Coulouris
Briggs
Jean Taylor Smith
Sister Virtue
Nicholas Phipps
Magistrate
Geoffrey Keen
Dean
Martin Boddey
Demonstrator at Pedal Machine
Joan Sims
Nurse Rigor Mortis
Gudrun Ure
May
Harry Locke
Jessup
Cyril Chamberlain
Policeman
Ernest Clark
Dr. Parrish
Maureen Pryor
Mrs. Cooper
George Benson
Lecturer on Drains
Part of The Doctor Collection
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Keywords
student of medicine
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Added May 14, 2026Updated Jun 4, 2026