Doctor in the House

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Doctor in the House
Directed by Ralph Thomas
Produced by Betty Box
Written by Nicholas Phipps
Richard Gordon
Ronald Wilkinson
Starring Dirk Bogarde
Kenneth More
Donald Sinden
Kay Kendall
James Robertson Justice
Donald Houston
Distributed by Rank
Release date(s) March 23, 1954
Running time 87 min
Country Flag of United Kingdom United Kingdom
Language English
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Doctor in the House is a 1954 British comedy film, directed by Ralph Thomas and produced by Betty Box. It was the most popular box office film of 1954 in Great Britain.

The screenplay, by Nicholas Phipps, Richard Gordon and Ronald Wilkinson, is based on the novel by Richard Gordon, and follows a group of students through their first years at medical school.

The film helped make Dirk Bogarde one of the biggest British stars of the 1950s, and led to a number of sequels.

Other well known British actors featured, including Kenneth More, Donald Sinden and Donald Houston.

James Robertson Justice also appeared as the irascible chief surgeon Sir Lancelot Spratt, a role he would repeat in many of the sequels.


The other films in the series were:

  • Doctor at Sea (1955) — (with Bogarde)
  • Doctor at Large (1957) — (with Bogarde)
  • Doctor in Distress (1963) — (with Bogarde)
  • Doctor in Clover (1966) — (with Phillips)
  • Doctor in Trouble (1970) — (with Phillips)


A successful television series from London Weekend Television also followed:

  • Doctor at Large
  • Doctor in Charge
  • Doctor at Sea
  • Doctor on the Go
  • Doctor at the Top
See Doctor in the House for information about the television series

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