Doctor in Trouble (1970)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Ralph Thomas

Writers:

Jack Davies (screenplay)
Richard Gordon (novel)

Release Date:

5 February 1973 (Sweden)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Dr.Burke is in love with Ophelia but doesn't have time to propose to her as she leaves for a cruise to the Mediterranean...

Plot Keywords:

Sequel | Based On Novel | Independent Film

Cast

Leslie Phillips	...	Dr. Tony Burke
Harry Secombe	...	Llewellyn Wendover
James Robertson Justice	...	Sir Lancelot Spratt
Angela Scoular	...	Ophelia O'Brien
Irene Handl	...	Mrs. Dailey
Simon Dee	...	Basil Beauchamp
Robert Morley	...	Captain George Spratt
Freddie Jones	...	Master-at-Arms
Joan Sims	...	Russian Captain
John Le Mesurier	...	Purser (as John le Mesurier)
Graham Stark	...	Satterjee
Janet Mahoney	...	Dawn Dailey
Graham Chapman	...	Roddy
Jacki Piper	...	Cockney Girl
Fred Emney	...	Father

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:L | Sweden:Btl | UK:AA (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) (1987) | USA:R

Company:

Rank Organisation, The

Trivia:

Robert Morley, who played the role of Lancelot Spratt's brother George, was the original choice for the role of Lancelot himself in the original Doctor in the House (1954).

Movie Connections:

Follows Doctor in Distress (1963)

Some fun at the end of the line.

By now a long way from the innocence of 'Doctor In The House', this, the seventh and last movie in the series, sees Leslie Phillips romping around a luxury liner, in what comes across as a less funny cross between 'Doctor At Sea' and 'Carry On Cruising'

I never expected to like this movie for a number of reasons, firstly, James Robertson Justice (for me the heart and soul of the 'Doctor' series) is restricted to a brief cameo (and very ill-looking he is too), while watching it you can't help notice how cheap looking and studio bound the movie is. While the script is at times very poor, the 'Pill' joke was especially dire and yet they included it in the trailer! In addition, it seems clear that the director is running out of ideas when he (often) resorts to speeded up photography to raise a laugh.

Yet I quite enjoyed it. Leslie Phillips was his usual, dependable self, doing wonders with the often-ropey script, at one point even enduring a drag scene! While the cast is a strong one, full of familiar faces. Harry Secombe steals the movie with a very funny performance, one that makes you wish he made more movies, and Irene Handle was also well used. There was even a small role for 'Monty Python's' Graham Chapman, as a very camp photographer.

Despite it's (many) flaws, 'Doctor In Trouble' is a fun little movie, while not in the same comic league as some of the earlier 'Doctor' films, it's far funnier than the previous movie in the series, the lukewarm 'Doctor In Clover'.