Doctor in Clover
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Doctor in Clover | |
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Doctor in Clover DVD cover |
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Directed by | Ralph Thomas |
Produced by | Betty E. Box |
Written by | Jack Davies Richard Gordon |
Starring | Leslie Phillips |
Music by | John Scott |
Cinematography | Ernest Steward |
Editing by | Alfred Roome |
Distributed by | Rank Organisation |
Release date(s) | 1966 United Kingdom |
Running time | 101 min. |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
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Doctor in Clover is a British comedy film released in 1966, starring Leslie Phillips. The film is based on the novel by Richard Gordon.
The film was shot in Carnaby Street, Wormwood Scrubs and Pinewood Studios.
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[edit] Sypnosis
The film is based on a fictitious St Swithins Hospital, with Leslie Phillips on call in place as Dr Gaston Grimsdyke who is more interested in the nurses than the patients. Grimsdyke is sacked from his job as a medical officer at a women's prison, so he enrols in a refresher course with his old medical tutor Sir Lancelot Spratt (James Robertson Justice), he is determined to make a successful physician out of him.
There are some funny complications involving a rejuvenation serum, which is accidentally injected into Sir Lancelot causing him to run amok at a party.[1]
[edit] Cast list
- Leslie Phillips as Dr Gaston Grimsdyke
- James Robertson Justice as Sir Lancelot Spratt
- Shirley Anne Field as Nurse Bancroft
- John Fraser as Dr Miles Grimsdyke
- Joan Sims as Matron Sweet
- Arthur Haynes as Tarquin Wendover
- Fenella Fielding as Tatiana Rubikov
- Jeremy Lloyd as Lambert Symington
- Noel Purcell as O'Malley
- Robert Hutton as Rock Stewart
- Eric Barker as Professor Halfbeck
- Terry Scott as Robert
[edit] Film notes
The opening credits include the following acknowledgement: We are grateful for the help and facilities given at Wexham Park Hospital by the staff of the Hospital, Humphreys Ltd. and The Windsor Group Hospital Management Committee.