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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.
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Dirk BogardeSimon Sparrow -
Muriel PavlowNurse Joy Gibson -
Kenneth MoreRichard Grimsdyke -
Donald SindenTony Benskin -
Kay KendallMiss Isobel Minster -
James Robertson JusticeSir Lancelot Spratt -
Donald HoustonTaffy Evans -
Suzanne CloutierStella -
George CoulourisBriggs -
Jean Taylor SmithSister Virtue -
Nicholas PhippsMagistrate -
Geoffrey KeenDean -
Martin BoddeyDemonstrator at Pedal Machine -
Joan SimsNurse Rigor Mortis -
Gudrun UreMay -
Harry LockeJessup -
Cyril ChamberlainPoliceman -
Ernest ClarkDr. Parrish -
Maureen PryorMrs. Cooper -
George BensonLecturer on Drains
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