Doctor at Large
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Doctor at Large

All the BARE FACTS and FIGURES That Add Up to a Young Medic's Love Life!

5.7 / 10 1957 1h 44mNR English
ComedyRomance

Storyline

Losing out to Dr. Bingham (Michael Medwin) in a competition for house surgeon when he offends a member of the board, young Dr. Simon Sparrow (Dirk Bogarde) finds himself going from post to post, filling in for other physicians. At one distant country post, he is taken aback when he works with a patient whose husband died after Simon treated the man years before. In another hospital, Simon examines a surprisingly mature teen and also tries courting devoted nurse Nan McPherson (Shirley Eaton).

Cast & Crew

Dirk Bogarde

Dirk Bogarde

Dr. Simon Sparrow

Lead
Muriel Pavlow

Muriel Pavlow

Joy Gibson

Donald Sinden

Donald Sinden

Dr. Tony Benskin

James Robertson Justice

James Robertson Justice

Sir Lancelot Spratt

Shirley Eaton

Shirley Eaton

Nurse Nan MacPherson

Derek Farr

Derek Farr

Dr. Erasmus Potter-Shine

Michael Medwin

Michael Medwin

Dr. Charlie Bingham

Martin Benson

Martin Benson

Maharajah of Branda

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Ralph Thomas's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Doctor at Large is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker