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Carry On Doctor

Carry On
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Release Date: 17/02/2003

Genre: Classics
Region Code: DVD 2
Label: ITV Studios Home Entertainment
Actors: Frankie Howerd, Sidney James, Charles Hawtrey, Kenneth Williams, Jim Dale
Director: Gerald Thomas
Number of Discs: 1
Duration: 90 minutes
Audio Languages: English
Subtitle Languages: English

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION


The 1967 film, Carry On Doctor, was produced Peter Rogers and directed by Gerald Thomas. It forms part of the much-loved "Carry On" series and stars the regular gang from these hilarious films. This special edition DVD features exclusive extra footage, a photo gallery with captions, a theatrical trailer, and film trivia notes.



AMAZON REVIEW
Bedpan humour rules in Carry On Doctor, the vintage 1968 offering from gang, assisted by guest star Frankie Howerd as bogus faith healer Francis Bigger. Hospitals, of course, always provided the Carry On producers with plenty of material. Today, these comedies induce a twinge of serious nostalgia for the great days of the National Health Service when Matron (Hattie Jacques, naturally) ran the hospital as if it was a house of correction, medical professionals were idolised as if they were all Doctor Kildare and Accident and Emergency Departments were deserted oases of calm. But even if you aren't interested in a history lesson, Talbot Rothwell's script contains some immortal dialogue, particularly when Matron loosens her stays. "You may not realise it but I was once a weak man", says Kenneth Williams' terrified Doctor Tinkle to Hattie Jacques. "Once a week's enough for any man", she purrs back. Other highlights include Joan Sims, excellent as Frankie Howerd's deaf, bespectacled sidekick, Charles Hawtrey suffering from a phantom pregnancy, 1960s singer Anita Harris in a rare film role, and Barbara Windsor at her most irrepressible as nurse Sandra May. --Piers Ford