Release Date: 1957-03-26
Overview: 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).
Rating: 5.6 / 10
Dirk Bogarde
as Dr. Simon Sparrow
Muriel Pavlow
as Joy Gibson
Donald Sinden
as Dr. Tony Benskin
James Robertson Justice
as Sir Lancelot Spratt
Shirley Eaton
as Nurse Nan MacPherson
Bruce Montgomery - Music
Nicholas Phipps - Screenplay
Ralph Thomas - Director
Richard Gordon - Novel
Betty E. Box - Producer
This third outing for our now qualified doctors has largely lost it's sting. Though many of the original cast have remained, there is far too much dialogue, way too many characters and the original st...