I had seen the follow up film Carry On Again Doctor before this, and compared this isn't as classic, but it is still watchable, it apparently follows from where Carry On Nurse left off. Basically Francis Bigger (Frankie Howerd) is the "preacher and healer" who doesn't believe in hospital treatment, that's only until he needs it himself. So we follow him to hospital, where Francis is terrible agony, and hanging out with fellow patients "sick" Charlie Roper (Sid James, who was really bed-written at the time of making, after suffering a heart attack), overly sympathetic - at his (wife's) pregnancy - Mr. Barron (Charles Hawtrey) and broken-legged Ken Biddle (Bernard Bresslaw). There is not much story for a while, just a load of chaotic incidents with Francis and his injury, some shouting to his deaf "girlfriend" Chloë Gibson (Joan Sims), the arrival of the endearing Nurse Sandra May (Barbara Windsor), and some discussions between Dr. Kenneth Tinkle (Kenneth Williams) and his accomplice Matron (Hattie Jacques). But a story does develop when clumsy Dr. Jim Kilmore (Jim Dale) is sacked for apparently spying on Sandra May, pulling down the bottoms of Nurse Clarke (Anita Harris), and landing in the bath of another nurse. All the patients know he innocent, and revolt against the staff to get him his job back, even if that means torturing Tinkle and Matron. Also starring Peter Butterworth as Mr. Smith and Carry On Camping's Dilys Laye as Mavis Winkle. There are some good old fashioned slapstick gags, and a tiny bit of sauciness, and even though Again Doctor has much more of these things, doesn't mean you shouldn't try it. Worth watching!
Review of Carry on Doctor
