Carry On Doctor

Carry On Doctor is a 1967 British comedy film, the 15th in the series of 31 Carry On films (1958–1992). It is the second in the series to have a medical theme. Frankie Howerd makes the first of his two appearances in the film series and stars alongside regulars Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Jim Dale, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Peter Butterworth, and Bernard Bresslaw. Hattie Jacques returns for the first time since Carry On Cabby four years earlier, while Barbara Windsor returns after her debut in Carry On Spying three years earlier. Carry On Doctor marks Anita Harris's second and final appearance in the series. The film was followed by Carry On Up the Khyber 1968. Plot Charlatan faith healer Francis Bigger, who convinces attendees with his assistant Chloe Gibson that "mind over matter" is more effective than medical treatment, suffers an accident during one of his lectures. Admitted to the local hospital, he quickly demands a private room, after encountering his ward's eccentric patients: bedridden layabout Charlie Roper, who fakes symptoms to stay in hospital; Ken Biddle, who makes frequent trips to the ladies' ward to flirt with his love interest, Mavis Winkle, while recovering from an operation; and Mr Barron, whose mental health has declined following news his wife is due to produce his first child, leaving him suffering sympathy pains. During his stay in hospital, Bigger meets the clumsy yet charming Dr Jim Kilmore, who is popular with the patients and who is loved from afar by the beautiful Nurse Clarke, who subsequently causes him trouble by accident while being checked over. The following day after his admission, Bigger meets Dr Kenneth Tinkle, Kilmore's superior who is detested by the patients as much as battleaxe Matron, who harbors an unrequited love for Tinkle. Shortly after Bigger's arrival, the hospital receives a new novice nurse, Sandra May, who reveals to Clarke that she intends to meet Tinkle to repay him for saving her life - although in reality, she was merely given treatment for tonsillitis. After completing a shift on the wards, May heads for Tinkle's room to profess her love for him, violating hospital rules that female staff are not permitted in the male quarters. However, Tinkle cruelly rebuffs her affection, only to find himself caught in the awkward situation by Kilmore and Matron. Fearing for his position, after the incident and the departure of May and Kilmore, Tinkle contrives with Lavinna that they must cover up the truth.