Stars: Frankie Howerd, Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Jim Dale, Barbara Windsor, Hattie Jacques, Joan Sims

Director: Gerald Thomas

Summary: Amusing antics abound when the patients revolt against the hospital staff!

A certain hospital, bordering on mental institution, is headed up by the slightly crazy medical team of Dr. Kilmore and Dr. Tinkle. Their abnormal patients and love-starved nurses make for a prescription of laughter as the best medicine in this British production.

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Reviewed by: davybozal24-7
Posted on April 2, 2006 8:32 PM

An absolute classic from the Carry On series , with Britain's favourite
comedy funsters ' Carrying On ' as they only know how . Dizzy Doctors , malingering patients , shapely nurses and fearsome
matrons ... it could only be Carry On Doctor .
Frankie Howerd guest stars alongside Carry On favourites Sid James , Kenneth Williams , Barbara Windsor and Jim Dale in this classic medical romp . He plays Francis Bigger , a charletan faith healer who ends up in hospital , and what a hospital ! Doctors
Tinkle and Kilmore have a record most executioners would be proud of . Carry On Doctor will have you in stitches.

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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 Onproducers 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

Aspect Ratio:	4:3
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Audio Commentary With Jim Dale, Photo Gallery With Captions, Theatrical Trailer, Film Trivia Notes
Year:	1967
Release Date:	February 17, 2003
Runtime:	91 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	37115 03373
Keywords:	Special, Comedy, General, Carry, Doctor, Edition
Genre:	Comedy