Doctor in Clover
The Newest and Funniest Doctor of them all!
Overview
The Doctor Series consists of seven British comedies made between 1954 and 1970, based either on the "Doctor" series of novels written by the physician Richard Gordon, or the characters in them. The series follow the adventures of a group of young doctors at a London hospital, as they try to stay out of trouble while chasing the nurses. The early films featured Dirk Bogarde in the lead as Doctor Sparrow and Donald Sinden as Benskin. Later films centred around Leslie Phillips. In all of them, James Robertson Justice played the imposing chief surgeon Sir Lancelot Spratt. The films later served as inspiration for seven different TV series between 1969 and 1991, totalling 157 episodes.
Cast & Crew
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 Miss Tatiana Rubikov
Jeremy Lloyd
as Lambert Symington
Noel Purcell
as O'Malley
Robert Hutton
as Rock Stewart
Reviews
John Chard
Mar 25, 2016
An apple a day keeps the doctor away... Doctor in the House was released in 1954 and promptly became the start of a franchise of Brit comedy films. The quality and standard of each film, a total of seven, varies and will always be a subject of debate among fans. Clover, the 6th offering, isn't particularly great, and minus series regular Dirk Bo…
CinemaSerf
Sep 2, 2024
Interestingly, this film is also known as "Carnaby M. D." without any of the characters actually bearing that name. What we do have, though, are the gently comedic hospital antics of "Gaston Grimsdike" (Leslie Philiips) as he attempts to woo nurse "Bancroft" (Shirley Anne Field) whilst simultaneously fixing up his imperious boss "Sir Lancelot Sprat…
