Doctor in the House is a 1954 British comedy film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Kenneth More,
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The story follows the fortunes of Simon Sparrow starting as a new medical student at the fictional St Swithin's Hospital in London. His five years of student life, involving drinking, dating women, and falling foul … See more

• Dirk Bogarde as Simon Sparrow
• Muriel Pavlow as Joy Gibson
• Kenneth More as Richard Grimsdyke
• Donald Sinden as Tony Benskin… See more

Producer Betty Box picked up a copy of the book at Crewe during a long rail journey and saw its possibility as a film. The film rights had been optioned to Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC) but they decided no… See more

The film was a success at the box office. Betty Box estimated it recouped its budget in the first six weeks of release. Thomas says it paid for itself in two weeks and claims it was the first "purely British picture without an… See more

At the 1955 BAFTA awards:
• Kenneth More won Best British Actor.
• The film was nominated for Best British Film and Best Film from any Source.
• Nicholas Phipps was nominated for Best British Screenplay.… See more