Doctor at Sea (film)
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | 1,111,404 admissions (France)[1] |
Doctor at Sea is a 1955 British
Plot
To escape his employers' daughter, who has amorous designs on him, Dr. Simon Sparrow (Bogarde) signs on as medical officer on a cargo ship, the SS Lotus. The ship is commanded by the hot-tempered and authoritarian Captain Wentworth Hogg.
Sparrow overcomes initial
Captain Hogg is ordered to take on two female passengers, Muriel Mallet (De Banzie), the daughter of the chairman of the shipping company, and her friend Hélène for the return trip. The unmarried Hogg is pursued by Muriel, who, having her father's ear, promises him almost certain promotion to the rank of commodore within the company if he were to marry her.
Romance blossoms between Sparrow and Hélène, but she declines his tentative marriage proposal. However, as they reach home port, Sparrow finds out that she has received a telegram offering her a job in Rio de Janeiro, which he had told her is the destination for his ship on its next trip. The film ends as they embrace and kiss.
Main cast
- Dirk Bogarde as Dr. Simon Sparrow
- James Robertson Justice as Captain Hogg
- Brenda De Banzieas Muriel Mallet
- Brigitte Bardot as Hélène Colbert
- Maurice Denham as Steward Easter
- Michael Medwin as Third Officer Trail
- Hubert Gregg as Second Officer Archer
- James Kenney as Fellowes
- Raymond Huntley as Capt. Beamish
- Geoffrey Keen as Chief Officer Hornbeam
- George Coulouris as Ship's Carpenter
- Noel Purcell as Corbie
- Jill Adams as Jill
- Joan Sims as Wendy
- Cyril Chamberlain as Whimble
- Toke Townley as Jenkins
- Thomas Heathcote as Wilson
- Eugene Deckers as Chief of Police
- Michael Shepley as Jill's father
- Felix Felton as Dr George Thomas
Reception
The film was the third most popular movie at the British box office in 1955, after The Dam Busters and White Christmas.[2][3]
Thomas claimed in 1956 that it made half a million pounds profit.[4]
Critical
Awards
- Nominated, 1956 BAFTA Film Award, Best British Screenplay, Nicholas Phipps and Jack Davies.[8]
Sequels
This was the second installment of the Doctor series of films, with Bogarde featuring in the first three.
References
- ^ Box office information for film at Box Office Story
- ^ "'The Dam Busters'", The Times [London, England], 29 December 1955: 12. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 11 July 2012.
- ^ Thumim, Janet. "The popular cash and culture in the postwar British cinema industry". Screen. Vol. 32, no. 3. p. 259.
- ^ "Overseas movie gossip". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 24, no. 26. Australia. 28 November 1956. p. 79. Retrieved 24 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Doctor at Sea". Variety. January 1, 1955.
- ^ "Doctor at Sea – review". Radio Times.
- ^ "Doctor at Sea (1955)". AllMovie.
- ^ "BAFTA Awards". BASTA.
External links
- Doctor at Sea at IMDb
- Doctor at Sea at Britmovie
