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57% Critic Match
Doctor at Large
“All the BARE FACTS and FIGURES That Add Up to a Young Medic's Love Life!”
5.7 / 10• 1957• 1h 44m•NR• 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
Dr. Simon Sparrow
Lead
Muriel Pavlow
Joy Gibson
Donald Sinden
Dr. Tony Benskin
James Robertson Justice
Sir Lancelot Spratt
Shirley Eaton
Nurse Nan MacPherson
Derek Farr
Dr. Erasmus Potter-Shine
Michael Medwin
Dr. Charlie Bingham
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.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Doctor at Large is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
