Carry On Nurse
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 Carry On Nurse (DVD) |
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| Directed by | Gerald Thomas |
| Produced by | Peter Rogers |
| Written by | Norman Hudis |
| Starring | Kenneth Williams Kenneth Connor Charles Hawtrey Shirley Eaton Joan Sims Hattie Jacques Wilfrid Hyde-White Leslie Phillips Joan Hickson |
| Music by | Bruce Montgomery |
| Distributed by | Anglo-Amalgamated |
| Release date(s) | 1959 |
| Running time | 86 min. |
| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Carry On Sergeant |
| Followed by | Carry On Teacher |
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Carry On Nurse is the second Carry On film, released in 1959. Of the regular team, it featured Joan Sims (in her Carry On film debut), Kenneth Williams, Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey and Hattie Jacques. The film was written by Norman Hudis based on the play Ring For Catty by Patrick Cargill and Jack Beale. The most successful of the series, it was the top grossing film of 1959 in the UK. Perhaps surprisingly, it was also highly successful in the US, where it was reported that it played at some cinemas for three years.
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[edit] Plot summary
The patients in a hospital are fed up with the treatment they receive from the nurses and staff and so after getting drunk, decide to have a rebellion, perform their own operation to remove a bunion.
The film shows its theatrical roots by being almost entirely studio-bound. The principal cast almost all play character types they would later become known for. The hospital staff are portrayed as competent and conscientious but occasionally mischievous, hence the scene where nurses stick a daffodil in Wilfrid Hyde-White's bottom.
This film marked a progression from the first Carry On film, the previous year's Carry On Sergeant, principally because of its hospital setting, which gave wider scope for lavatory humour and innuendo than the army training camp setting of the first film. The setting of the film in the hospital proved very successful and was returned to by the Carry On team in Carry On Doctor, Carry On Again Doctor and Carry On Matron.
[edit] Filming locations
Interiors: - Stage B Pinewood Studios, Bucks, England
Exteriors: Haven Hospital - (Heatherden Hall, Studio administration building and restaurant)
[edit] Filming dates
3 November 1958 - 12 December 1958
[edit] Other
Carry On Nurse was the first film in which Leslie Phillips spoke the line "Ding... dong!" which would become one of the phrases most associated with him. Phillips' character in the film is named Jack Bell.
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