Carry on Nurse (1959)

Director:

Gerald Thomas

Writers:

Norman Hudis (original screenplay) and
Jack Beale (idea)

Release Date:

21 July 1959 (Denmark)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

From the same stars and team that gave you the sensational comedy success "Carry on Sergeant"

Plot:

Set in Haven Hospital where a certain men's ward is causing more havoc than the whole hospital put together...

Plot Keywords:

Nurse | Surgeon | Orderly | Colonel | Medical Doctor

Cast

Kenneth Connor	...	Bernie Bishop
Shirley Eaton	...	Staff Nurse Dorothy Denton
Charles Hawtrey	...	Humphrey Hinton
Hattie Jacques	...	Matron
Terence Longdon	...	Ted York
Bill Owen	...	Percy 'Perc' Hickson
Leslie Phillips	...	Jack Bell
Joan Sims	...	Student Nurse Stella Dawson
Susan Stephen	...	Nurse Georgie Axwell
Kenneth Williams	...	Oliver Reckitt
Wilfrid Hyde-White	...	The Colonel (as Wilfrid Hyde White)
Susan Beaumont	...	Nurse Frances James
Ann Firbank	...	Helen Lloyd
Joan Hickson	...	Sister
Cyril Chamberlain	...	Bert Able

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Iceland:L | Australia:G | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | UK:PG (video rating) (1988) | UK:U (original rating) | USA:Not Rated

Filming Locations:

Heatherden Hall, Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Company:

Beaconsfield Productions

Trivia:

Based on the same original play as Twice Round the Daffodils (1962)

Goofs:

Continuity: When the nurse who was left tied up in a bed is set free by a colleague we see that her hands were tied but not her feet: she would have been able to get up and walk at any time.

Quotes:

The Colonel: Come come, Matron. Surely you've seen a temperature taken like this before?
Matron: Yes Colonel. But never with a daffodil!

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Ultimate Film (2004) (TV)

A good dose of comedy...

"Carry on Nurse" is one of the finer examples in the series. Only the second film to be made this still captures the naive charm of late 50s humour while exploring the more risque ground of the double-entendre.

The usual gang of misfits are present: Kenneth Connor, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Hattie Jacques (playing Matron!) and Joan Sims in her first "Carry On..." appearance.

The hospital setting works especially well in this film and indeed later entries in the series which sees the gang placed within some institution or other are usually worth a look to see how our heroes react and rebel against authority.

"Nurse", actually voted Best British Film of 1958, is a delight to watch and it's hard to equate this with something as bawdy as "Camping" or "Girls".

And the ending is a scream too with a most inventive use for a daffodil in medical history!