Doctor at Large

Doctor at Large is a 1957 British comedy film directed by Ralph Thomas, the third of the seven films in the Doctor series. It stars Dirk Bogarde, Muriel Pavlow, Donald Sinden and James Robertson Justice. It is based on the 1955 novel of the same title by Richard Gordon. Main cast Dirk Bogarde as Dr. Simon Sparrow Muriel Pavlow as Joy Gibson Donald Sinden as Benskin James Robertson Justice as Sir Lancelot Spratt Shirley Eaton as Nurse Nan McPherson Derek Farr as Dr. Potter-Shine Michael Medwin as Dr. Charles Bingham Martin Benson as Maharajah John Chandos as O'Malley Edward Chapman as Wilkins George Coulouris as Pascoe Judith Furse as Mrs. Digby Gladys Henson as Mrs. Wilkins Anne Heywood as Emerald Ernest Jay as Charles Hopcroft Lionel Jeffries as Dr. Hatchet Mervyn Johns as Smith Geoffrey Keen as Second Examiner Dilys Laye as Mrs. Jasmine Hatchet Harry Locke as Porter Terence Longdon as George - House Surgeon A. E. Matthews as Duke of Skye and Lewes Guy Middleton as Major Porter Barbara Murray as Kitty Dandy Nichols as Lady in Outpatients Dept. Nicholas Phipps as Mr. Wayland - Solicitor Wensley Pithey as Sam - Poacher Maureen Pryor as Mrs. Dalton Noel Purcell as "Padre", pub landlord George Relph as Dr. Farquarson Athene Seyler as Lady Hawkins Ronnie Stevens as Waiter at hotel Ernest Thesiger as First Examiner Michael Trubshawe as Colonel Graves Plot Back at St Swithin's, Dr Simon Sparrow loses out to the self-important Dr Bingham for a job as senior house surgeon. Feeling that he has no future as a surgeon, he takes a general practice job in an industrial town. He finds that he has to do most of the work, including night calls, and is also the target of his partner's flirty wife.