Doctor at Large (1957)

5.7/10 104 min Comedy Romance

Overview

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).

Cast

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

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