Doctor at Large (film)

Doctor at Large is a 1957 British comedy film directed by Ralph Thomas starring Dirk Bogarde, Muriel Pavlow, Donald Sinden, James Robertson Justice and Shirley Eaton.

He then takes a locum job with Dr Potter-Shine's Harley Street practice, where most of the patients are dotty aristocrats and neurotic society women.

Sparrow and Benskin take a short holiday in France, where they save Dr Hopcroft, a governor at St Swithin's, from an embarrassing incident.

The material is highly variable: some scenes are sharply satirical, others concentrate too heavily on a mixture of slapstick and revue facetiousness and some are noticeably tasteless.

Aided by a swift tempo and suitably rumbustious playing, the total effect is quite entertaining, except possibly for those members of the audience who are about to enter hospital.