Doctor At Sea
1955
To escape the boredom of his medical practice, a young doctor signs aboard a cargo ship. Based on Richard Gordon's best-selling "Doctor" series. Read more
| Starring | Dirk Bogarde, Brigitte Bardot, Brenda De Banzie, Michael Medwin |
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| Director | Ralph Thomas |
| Genres | Comedy |
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Doctor At Sea
To escape the boredom of his medical practice, a young doctor signs aboard a cargo ship. Based on Richard Gordon's best-selling "Doctor" series.
| Starring | Dirk Bogarde, Brigitte Bardot, Brenda De Banzie, Michael Medwin, James Robertson Justice, Maurice Denham, Jill Adams, Hubert Gregg, James Robertson-Justice, Joan Sims, Brigette Bardot |
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| Director | Ralph Thomas |
| Studio | ITV DVD |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 29 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Released | DVD: 30 Sep 2002 Production year: 1955 |
| Format | DVD |
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Appearing in her first British film and still a year away from taking world cinema by storm in And God Created Woman, Brigitte Bardot here provides Dirk Bogarde with a welcome distraction from the miserable seasickness he experiences away from the terra firma of St Swithin's. Despite the lively rapport between the stars, however, the second in Rank's popular series based on the novels of Richard Gordon is short on truly comic incident, and the shipboard location is limiting. James Robertson-Justice, another survivor from Doctor in the House, is as cantankerous as ever — although here he plays the ship's captain rather than Sir Lancelot Spratt.
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Reasonably lively comedy of errors with nice seascapes and predictable jokes.
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Gentle family comedy
'Doctor at Sea' was the second of Producer Betty Box's highly successful 'Doctor' series of comedies, based on Richard Gordon's book of the same name, which he helped to adapt for the screen. Recently-qualified Dr Simon Sparrow (Dirk Bogarde) runs away from the would-be amorous Wendy (Joan Sims) and joins a tramp steamer as ship's doctor. Simon finds that life on an ocean wave is occasionally hilarious, generally unpredictable, and not the least of its challenges is the gruff captain (played by James Robertson Justice in fine form). The voyage back is enlivened by the presence of two passengers: the owner's vivacious daughter (Brenda de Banzie) who is on the lookout for a husband and falls for the captain; and her young French friend (Brigitte Bardot) -- who of course captures our hero's heart. This is gentle, easy-going comedy, providing a relaxing evening's viewing for the whole family.
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brilliant
doctor at sea is wildly entertaining and the humour is risque. My eldest teenager cant wait to see the others in the series and is eager to watch them.. So something made 50 years ago is still good today and enjoyed by the next generation.
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