Doctor in the House is a 1954 British comedy film, directed by Ralph Thomas and produced by Betty Box. The screenplay, by Nicholas Phipps, Richard Gordon and Ronald Wilkinson, is based on the novel by Gordon, and follows a group of students through medical school. It was the most popular box office film of 1954 in Great Britain. Its success spawned six sequels and a television series also entitled Doctor in the House. It made Dirk Bogarde one of the biggest British stars of the 1950s. Other well-known British actors featured in the film were Kenneth More, Donald Sinden and Donald Houston.... James Robertson Justice appeared as the irascible chief surgeon Sir Lancelot Spratt, a role he would repeat in many of the sequels. 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 of the rigid hospital authorities, provide many humorous incidents.
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| Release date: | March 23, 1954 |
| Directed by: | Ralph Thomas |
| Runtime: | 87 Minutes |
| Producer: | Betty Box |
| Screenplay by: | Richard Gordon, Ronald Wilkinson, Nicholas Phipps |
| Adapted from: | Doctor in the House |
| Genre: | Comedy |