The Complete Doctor Collection DVD
Starring Dirk Bogarde, Muriel Pavlow, Donald Sinden, James Robertson Justice, Shirley Eaton, Brenda de Nanzie, Brigitte Bardot, Maurice Denham, Leslie Phillips, Shirley Anne Field, John Fraser, Joan Sims, Samantha Eggar, Mylène Demongeot, Donald Houston, Michael Craig, Virginia Maskell, Carole Lesley, Kenneth More, Kay Kendall, Harry Secombe, Angela Scoular, Irene Handl, Simon Dee, Edward Chapman, Derek Farr, Gladys Henson, Ann Heywood, Lionel Jeffries, Mervyn Johns, Geoffrey Keen, Michael Medwin, Jill Adams, Hubert Gregg, Michael Hordern, James Kenney, Noel Purcell, Eric Barker, Alfie Bass, Elizabeth Ercy, Fenella Fielding, Arthur Haynes, Robert Hutton, Jeremy Lloyd, Terry Scott, Jessie Evans, Frank Finlay, Michael Flanders, Ann Lynn, Leo McKern, Barbara Murray, Dennis Price, Reginald Beckwith, Liz Fraser, Nicholas Parsons, Nicholas Phippotts, Moira Redmond, Suzanne Cloutier, Ann Gudrun, Harry Locke, Graham Chapman, Fred Emney, Freddie Jones, John Le Mesurier, Janet Mahoney, Robert Morley, Graham Stark, George Coulouris, Richard Briers
Directed by Ralph Thomas
DVD
Description
A box set of all seven of the 'Doctor' films. In 'Doctor in the House' (1954) junior doctor Simon Sparrow (Dirk Bogarde) gains a position at St Swithin's Hospital in London and ends up sharing 'digs' with a bunch of slightly older young medics, all of whom have failed the previous year on account of their inability to keep to the curriculum.
Sparrow tries to find a balance between the antics of his new peers and the ever-terrifying Sir Lancelot Spratt, chief surgeon at St Swithin's and a man on the lookout for miscreant doctors wherever they may be.
Menaced by the advances of his landlady's daughter, and feelings for one of the nurses, will Sparrow be able to qualify?
In 'Doctor at Sea' (1955) Sparrow (Bogarde) becomes a ship's doctor on a sea-going freighter, runs into trouble with the Captain and performs an impromptu appendix operation.
Brigitte Bardot appears, in her first British film role, as the love interest. 'Doctor at Large' (1957) Sparrow (Bogarde) is a qualified doctor and working in Casualty.
However, when he is rather rude to a very important patient he is fired.
Sparrow soon gets another job but finds that, despite the perks of constant attentive females, he still yearns to become a surgeon.
Can he succeed? 'Doctor in Love' (1960) sees Michael Craig starring as Dr Richard Hare (taking over from Bogarde's lead role of Simon Sparrow).
Hare finds himself a patient at his own hospital and falls for the charms of Nurse Nightingale (Moira Redmond)... and then Dr Barrington (Virginia Maskell). 'Doctor in Distress' (1963) sees Dirk Bogarde returning as the young doctor Simon Sparrow, and finds himself trying to manage Sir Lancelot Spratt's love life.
However, this puts pressure on Sparrow's own relationship with a young pysiotherapist (Samantha Eggar). 'Doctor in Clover' (1966) focuses on the character of Gaston Grimsdyke (Leslie Phillips).
A chance meeting with Sir Lancelot Spratt leads the young doctor to a position in a new hospital, which eventually leads to chaos.
In the final film 'Doctor in Trouble' (1970) troubles befall Dr Burke (Leslie Phillips) when he stows away on an ocean liner and poses as a female photographer.
Once more the young doctor runs into the authorative figure of a Spratt, but this time it is Sir Lancelot's brother Captain Spratt (Robert Morley).
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:DVD
- Region:2
- Certification:(PG)
- EAN:5037115354532
- Catalogue number:3711535453
- Studio:ITV Studios
- Release date:13/08/2012
- Genre:Comedy
- Colour:Colour
Information
-
Out of stock
- Format:DVD
- Region:2
- Certification:(PG)
- EAN:5037115354532
- Catalogue number:3711535453
- Studio:ITV Studios
- Release date:13/08/2012
- Genre:Comedy
- Colour:Colour
