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The screenplay, by Nicholas Phipps, Richard Gordon and Ronald Wilkinson, is based on the 1952 novel Doctor in the House by Gordon, and follows a group of students through medical school. It was the most popular box office film of 1954 in Great Britain. Its success spawned six sequels, and also television and radio series titled Doctor in the House.
The first film, Doctor in the House, was initiated by Betty Box, who picked up a copy of the book at Crewe during a long rail journey. She saw its possibility as a film, but Box and Ralph Thomas had a job convincing Rank executives that people would go to a film about doctors, and that Bogarde, who up to then had played spivs and World War Two ...
Doctor in the House may refer to: Doctor in the House, a 1952 novel by Richard Gordon Doctor in the House, a 1954 British film adaptation of the novel Doctor in the House, seven British and Australian television series inspired by the film series Doctor in the House, the first series
In the U.S. and Canada, where the Richard Gordon books were less well-known, episodes from the first five series were all syndicated under the original Doctor in the House title. The same theme music — "Bond Street Parade" by Alan Tew — was used for all of the "Doctor" television series, including the Australian series Doctor Down Under.
Doctor in the House is a comic novel by Richard Gordon, published in 1952. Set in the fictitious St. Swithin's Hospital in London, the story concerns the exploits and various pranks of a young medical student. It is the first of a series of 'Doctor' novels written by Gordon, himself a surgeon and anaesthetist.
Richard Gordon (born Gordon Stanley Benton, 15 September 1921 – 11 August 2017, also known as Gordon Stanley Ostlere), [1] was an English ship's surgeon and anaesthetist.As Richard Gordon, Ostlere wrote numerous novels, screenplays for film and television and accounts of popular history, mostly dealing with the practice of medicine.
Doctor in the House, a 13 part BBC Radio 4 adaptation began in September 1968, starring Richard Briers as Simon Sparrow and Geoffrey Sumner as Sir Lancelot Spratt. [ 14 ] Doctor at Large , a 13 part BBC Radio 4 series started in June 1969, with Briers and Sumner reprising their roles.
Doctor in the House: Ralph Thomas: Dirk Bogarde, Kenneth More, Donald Sinden: Comedy: Don't Blame the Stork: Ákos Ráthonyi: Ian Hunter, Veronica Hurst, Brenda De Banzie: Comedy [2] Double Exposure: John Gilling: John Bentley, Rona Anderson, Garry Marsh: Crime: Duel in the Jungle: George Marshall: Dana Andrews, Jeanne Crain, David Farrar ...