Doctor in Love (1960)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Ralph Thomas

Writers:

Richard Gordon (novel)
Nicholas Phipps (screenplay)

Release Date:

7 November 1960 (Denmark)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Doctors Burke and Hare leave the confines of St Swithins for the world of general practice, stopping...

Plot Keywords:

Sequel | Based On Novel | Independent Film

Cast

Michael Craig	...	Dr. Richard Hare
James Robertson Justice	...	Sir Lancelot Spratt
Virginia Maskell	...	Dr Nicola Barrington
Carole Lesley	...	Kitten Strudwick
Leslie Phillips	...	Dr. Tony Burke
Reginald Beckwith	...	Wildewinde
Joan Sims	...	Dawn
Liz Fraser	...	Leonora
Nicholas Phipps	...	Dr. Clive Cardew
Ambrosine Phillpotts	...	Lady Spratt
Irene Handl	...	Professor MacRitchie
Fenella Fielding	...	Mrs. Tadwich
Nicholas Parsons	...	Dr. Roger Hinxman
Moira Redmond	...	Sally Nightingale
Ronnie Stevens	...	Harold Green

Runtime:

USA:93 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) (1987)

Filming Locations:

Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Company:

Rank Organisation, The

Trivia:

The lead characters in the film are named Burke and Hare. These were the names of two notorious grave-robbers and body-snatchers in Edinburgh in the 1800s.

Movie Connections:

Follows Doctor in the House (1954)

Soundtrack:

Doctor in Love

light weight but pleasant

The plot such as it is is so light in substance but I must say the movie is pleasant. I very much doubt people who never sat in a cinema watching these movies will enjoy it, for me its a lovely memory.Not much happens in the movie and you might smile but don't expect any big laughs.James Robertson Justice as always walks away with the film. I sometimes find Leslie Philips a little annoying and although very sauve he comes across as rather sleezy. Joan Sims has a delightful, all too brief cameo. Its funny how the world has changed, these days the guys in this movie would be up on sexual harrassement charges. Its perfectly normal in this movie for doctors to flirt with nurses. This was a much kinder time. THese days men cant flirt and its safer to be gay. Dirk is not there but Michael Craig is a pleasant leading man. He is very good looking and he gives a gentle performance. Its all very sweet, restrained and under played. Craig came to Australia for the JCW management to star in a few west end comedies and later residing here and became much loved as a TV performer in shows such as Medical Centre"