Doctor in Clover

Doctor in Clover
Doctor in Clover DVD cover
Directed by	Ralph Thomas
Produced by	Betty E. Box
Written by	Jack Davies Richard Gordon
Starring	Leslie Phillips
Music by	John Scott
Cinematography	Ernest Steward
Editing by	Alfred Roome
Distributed by	Rank Organisation
Release date(s)	1966 United Kingdom
Running time	101 min.
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Preceded by	Doctor in Distress
Followed by	Doctor in Trouble

Doctor in Clover is a British comedy film released in 1966, starring Leslie Phillips. The film is based on the novel by Richard Gordon.

The film was shot in Carnaby Street, Wormwood Scrubs and Pinewood Studios.

Contents 1 Sypnosis 1.1 Cast list 1.2 Film notes 2 References 3 External links

Sypnosis

The film is based on a fictitious St Swithins Hospital, with Leslie Phillips on call in place as Dr Gaston Grimsdyke who is more interested in the nurses than the patients. Grimsdyke is sacked from his job as a medical officer at a women's prison, so he enrols in a refresher course with his old medical tutor Sir Lancelot Spratt (James Robertson Justice), he is determined to make a successful physician out of him.

There are some funny complications involving a rejuvenation serum, which is accidentally injected into Sir Lancelot causing him to run amok at a party.^[1]

Cast list

• Leslie Phillips as Dr Gaston Grimsdyke
• James Robertson Justice as Sir Lancelot Spratt
• Shirley Anne Field as Nurse Bancroft
• John Fraser as Dr Miles Grimsdyke
• Joan Sims as Matron Sweet
• Arthur Haynes as Tarquin Wendover
• Fenella Fielding as Tatiana Rubikov
• Jeremy Lloyd as Lambert Symington
• Noel Purcell as O'Malley
• Robert Hutton as Rock Stewart
• Eric Barker as Professor Halfbeck
• Terry Scott as Robert

Film notes

The opening credits include the following acknowledgement: We are grateful for the help and facilities given at Wexham Park Hospital by the staff of the Hospital, Humphreys Ltd. and The Windsor Group Hospital Management Committee.

References

External links

• British Film Institute

v • d • e Richard Gordon's Doctor Series Films Doctor in the House (1954) · Doctor at Sea (1955) · Doctor at Large (1957) · Doctor in Love (1957) · Doctor in Distress (1963) · Doctor in Clover (1966) · Doctor in Trouble (1970) · Doctor at Zoo (2010) Television series Doctor in the House (1969-70) · Doctor at Large (1971) · Doctor in Charge (1972-73) · Doctor at Sea (1974) · Doctor on the Go (1975-77) · Doctor Down Under (1979) · Doctor at the Top (1991)

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