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CARRY ON DOCTOR, August 2, 2001
For the 15th entry in the long running British comedy film series, it was a return to familiar terriotry - the hospital. Carry On Nurse (1958) had enjoyed immense International success so a similar formular was re-worked into Carry On Doctor.
It must be said that Carry On Doctor is amongst the most famous in the series and indeed it has many fine moments throughout, although I have to say that I found Again Doctor (1969) to be more satisfying as there was a little bit more of (dare I say it) a plot structure. This is no more than an updated formular of Carry On Nurse, with slight variations. All of the gang are here, with guest star Frankie Howard receiving top billing. Also included are Sid James (who due to his present illness at the time was restricted to film most of his scenes in bed), Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Hattie Jaques as the ferocious, no-nonsence matron, Jim Dale, Joan Sims, barbara Windsor, Bernard Bresslaw, Peter Butterworth, Anita Harris and Dilys Laye.
Basically all fun and games throughout although the climax is good where the patients rebel aginst Williams and Jaques after the unfair dismissal of accident prone Jim Dale. They subject to Williams to an ice cold bath and Jaques to a degrading blanket bath - amusing stuff.
Best players would have to be Kenneth Williams and Hattie Jaques although many of the other cast members get their moments too including Frankie Howard who seems to effortlessly blend in with the regular Carry On cast as though he'd always been part of the team, Jim Dale who is accident prone throughout and Charles Hawtrey in an unusual role as a patient suffering from a sympathetic pregnacy! Barbara Windsor makes a welcome return to the series who had not been seen since 1962's Carry On Spying whilst Joan Sims is another regular in an unusual role as Frankie Howards deaf assistant. She plays the role masterfully whilst Bernard Bresslaw and Peter Butterworth bubble in the back ground as patients.
The series was on a roll at this time after enjoying success with Screaming (1966) and Don't lose Your Head (1966) and the next two films would perharps be the pinnacle of the series with Up The Kyber (1968) and Camping (1968). As for Carry On Doctor (1967) this defintley ranks up there with the other greats of the series. Recommended!
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Love 'Em, November 15, 2010
This review is from: Carry on Doctor (DVD)
I first saw some Carry On films in the late 60's, when they were new. I love the Carry On series. They are not the funniest films ever made, but they are consistenly funny, and after a while, you know what to expect from each scene. The cast members are very good, and it's like watching a TV series because you feel as if you know these people. I have recently started to accumulate as many as I can through Amazon.
One thing I like about them, especially the early ones, is their "old English" quality. You see England, cars, fashions, etc., as they were forty years ago.
Overall, these films are just fun, nothing to be taken seriously or analyzed to death.
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Highjinks that Never Grow Old, October 30, 2008
I first saw this 20 years ago on an independent TV station and loved it. It is too bad that they do not include this installment with the other "Carry On" movies in the fine collection that they put out a few years ago
The Carry On Collection. Frankie Howerd, Jim Dale, and Kenneth Williams are exceptionally funny. I loved Jim Dale as Dr. Killmore wooing a medical school skeleton in his office.
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