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Doctor In The House review by A customer from Cardiff, Wales

The comic side of medical students' tribulations 11 July 2005
..., while Kenneth More is appropriately cast as Simon's fellow-student Grimsdyke, Donald Houston gives a good performance as 'Taffy' Evans, devoted to rugby, and Donald Sinden ... Read customer review

Carry On Quizzing on DVD (2006)
Starring: Richard O'Brien, Peter Butterworth, Windsor Davies
Director: dan skinner (iii), dan skinner, Dan Skinner
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Presented by Richard O'Brien, the Carry On Quizzing - Interactive DVD Game revolves around a quiz challenge, which is based entirely on trivia from the famous Carry On films--regarded by many as a British institution. The DVD features stills, quotes, footage from the original films, and over 600 ..read more »

54% from 205 members

The Boy Merlin - Complete (1979)
Starring: Ian Rowlands, Donald Houston, Margaret John
Director: Joe Boyer, Darrol Blake, Stewart Farrar
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This enchanting children's drama series, devised by Anne Carlton and written by Stewart Farrar, develops the theme of the single play first shown in 1978 as part of Thames' acclaimed supernatural anthology series, Shadows. The play and all six episodes are included in this set, complete and uncut. ..read more »

46% from 3 members
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Moonbase 3 - The Complete Series (2 discs) on DVD (1973)
Starring: Ralph Bates, Donald Houston
Director: Ken Hannam
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From the some of the creative talent behind DOCTOR WHO comes MOONBASE 3, the BBC live-action sci-fi series that aired in 1973. Follow the adventures of the Moonbase 3 crew in all six episodes.

50% from 371 members

Where Eagles Dare on DVD (1969)
Starring: Richard Burton, Patrick Wymark, Mary Ure
Director: Brian G. Hutton
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Watch now: £2.49
Two soldiers are parachuted into the Bavarian Alps to rescue an American General from an almost impregnable Nazi fortress, which can be reached only by cable car. Based on the successful Alistair MacLean novel.

73% from 8,443 members

Where Eagles Dare - Blu-ray (1969)
Starring: Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, Patrick Wymark
Director: Brian G. Hutton
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Watch now: £2.49
Richard Burton stars as Major John Smith, a British agent during WWII who is in charge a group of six Allied soldiers given the task of rescuing an American general--who is reportedly in possession of the plans for D-Day--from a seemingly impregnable German fortress located high in the Bavarian ..read more »

80% from 517 members

Viking Queen on DVD (1966)
Starring: Donald Houston, Andrew Keir, Don Murray
Director: Don Chaffey
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In this Hammer production set during the Roman occupation of England, Salina, a faithful Briton, assumes reign over her father's kingdom hoping to carry on his wishes to maintain a peaceful kingdom. When the Romans become tyrannical she leads her tribe in a sweeping attack against them. Though a ..read more »

50% from 71 members

A Study In Terror on DVD (1965)
Starring: John Neville, Donald Houston, Robert Morley
Director: James Hill
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Jack The Ripper is on the loose, and it seems as though the only man capable of tracking him down and exposing his identity is Sherlock Holmes...

58% from 215 members

633 Squadron on DVD (1964)
Starring: George Chakiris, Maria Perschy, Cliff Robertson
Director: Walter Grauman
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Cliff Robertson portrays a combat-weary pilot whose R.A.F. squadron is ordered to destroy a Nazi rocket fuel plant tucked deep into a Norwegian fjord. Based on a true story.

68% from 2,800 members

Doctor In Distress on DVD (1963)
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Samantha Eggar, James Robertson Justice
Director: Ralph Thomas
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When the usually ranting and raving Sir Lancelot Spratt becomes gentle and considerate the hospital inhabitants become positively alarmed, until Dr Simon Sparrow diagnoses the trouble - love.

62% from 386 members

Carry on Jack on DVD (1963)
Starring: Kenneth Williams, Bernard Cribbins, Juliet Mills
Director: Gerald Thomas
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This time around, the Carry On crew embark on a pirate adventure. Buckles are swashed, and poop decks are scrubbed in this wacky outing. The film features Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, and other Carry On regulars.

63% from 1,316 member

Twice Around The Daffodils on DVD (1962)
Starring: Juliet Mills, Donald Sinden, Donald Houston
Director: Gerald Thomas
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Starring ‘Carry On’ legends Joan Sims and Kenneth Williams, Twice Around The Daffodils is a 1962 comedy drama, directed by Gerald Thomas who originally brought us the ‘Carry On’ comedies. A group of four male patients arrive at a sanatorium to be treated for TB. As they adjust to their new home, ..read more »

53% from 12 members

The Man Upstairs on DVD (1958)
Starring: Richard Attenborough, Bernard Lee, Alfred Burke
Director: Don Chaffey
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The mental breakdown of a guilt-ridden man provides the drama in this fascinating psychological profile that stars Richard Attenborough as a scientist who can't live with himself after he accidentally kills the brother of his fiancee. In order to escape the pain, Attenborough changes his name and ..read more »

58% from 23 members

Yangtse Incident on DVD (1957)
Starring: Richard Todd, William Hartnell, Akim Tamiroff
Director: Michael Anderson
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HMS Amethyst is on a peaceful mission up the Yangtse delivering supplies when she is attacked by communist shore batteries and twenty-two British sailors are killed and the ship's bridge destroyed. The only way out for the survivors is to run a one hundred and forty mile gauntlet of hostility.

76% from 132 members

Doctor In The House on DVD (1954)
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Muriel Pavlow, Kenneth More
Director: Ralph Thomas
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This film introduces Simon Sparrow and his first five years at St. Swithins Hospital - from naive student to his first day as a qualified doctor. He also masters other hazards of being a medical student - fiery ward sisters, over-knowledgeable patients, attractive nurses and frightening surgeons.

61% from 906 members

A Run for Your Money on DVD (1949)
Starring: Donald Houston, Meredith Edwards, Moira Lister
Director: Charles Frend
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Brothers from a Welsh village take their first trip to London to collect a prize, and meet a con artist and sundry other urban distractions.

68% from 112 members

Where Eagles Dare - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Yangtse Incident - 4.0 stars
Where Eagles Dare - 3.5 stars
633 Squadron - 3.5 stars
A Run for Your Money - 3.5 stars

The Boy Merlin - Complete - 2.5 stars
Twice Around The Daffodils - 2.5 stars
The Man Upstairs - 3.0 stars
Moonbase 3 - The Complete Series - 2.5 stars
Viking Queen - 2.5 stars

Robert Beatty - 3 times - show films
Charles Hawtrey - 3 times - show films
Mary Ure - 3 times - show films
Richard Burton - 3 times - show films
Peter Barkworth - 3 times - show films

Gerald Thomas - 3 times - show films
Brian G. Hutton - 3 times - show films
Don Chaffey - 2 times - show films
Ralph Thomas - 2 times - show films
Walter Grauman - 1 times - show films