

Doctor in Distress
"It's that incurable 'DOCTOR' team in their NEWEST and SAUCIEST!"
Overview
"Doctor in Distress" is the fifth of the seven films in the "Doctor" series, and focuses on Sir Lancelot Spratt, Simon Sparrow's old teacher and sometimes nemesis. When the eternal bachelor Sir Lancelot injures his back and falls in love with his physiotherapist Iris Marchant, he becomes very distressed and turns to Simon for help. Simon, who now is a senior doctor at fictional Hampden Cross Hospital and hopelessly in love with aspiring actress Delia, sends him to a nature cure clinic in a vain attempt to help him lose weight, but Sir Lancelot can't get Iris off his mind and has her followed, first by a private investigator and eventually by himself. When he finally proposes, she rejects him and marries an old army major, which distresses Sir Lancelot even more.
Movie Details
Languages
English
Studio
The Rank Organisation
Key Crew

Nicholas Phipps
Screenplay

Ralph Thomas
Director
Cast

Dirk Bogarde
Dr Simon Sparrow

James Robertson Justice
Sir Lancelot Spratt

Samantha Eggar
Delia Mallory

Barbara Murray
Iris Merchant

Mylène Demongeot
Sonia

Donald Houston
Major Tommy French

Dennis Price
Dr Blacker

Richard Briers
Medical Student (uncredited)

Fenella Fielding
Passenger on Train

Leo McKern
Harry Heilbronn

Reginald Beckwith
Meyer

Amanda Barrie
Rona

Marianne Stone
Cafe Waitress (uncredited)

Peter Butterworth
Ambulance Driver

Frank Finlay
Corsetiere

Ronnie Stevens
Hotel Manager

Ronnie Barker
Man at Railway Station Ticket Counter (uncredited)

Jill Adams
Genevieve

Bill Kerr
Australian Sailor

Paul Whitsun-Jones
Grimes














