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I'm surprised that nobody has commented on this film yet! This is the classic and best "Doctor" film that began a long chain. I feel only those with Bogarde were really any good. Any thoughts?

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TCM ran Doctor in the House this afternoon and I was delighted. I haven't seen it in ages and my teenage daughter agreed to join me. We had a marvelous time. What a funny, funny movie. It holds up beautifully.





"Fortunately, I keep my feathers numbered for just such an emergency."

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This movie was delightful. It showed England before it was taken over by political correctness and before London was Londinistan.

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Two of my fav film quotes are from this film:

JRJ: 'What's the bleeding time?'

DB: '10 past two'


And JRJ: 'I do not growl like a bear, I roar like a lion! Get Out!'

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I've been a fan of this movie for decades and I never tire of it. With actors like Dirk Bogarde and James Robertson Justice, you know you're in for a treat. The actors are so quaint and terribly English and just delightful.

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This is my all time favorite. It's just a delight and I thoroughly enjoy it eery time I see it.

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Wow, a whinger and a racist. What a thoroughly nice person you are.

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It isn't a racist remark. I also noticed that a nurse seemed to be wearing dark makeup. ( I don't know what a whinger is.)

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Hi Piperson. I was referring to holchie's post, back in 2010, sneering at political correctness (always an easy if meaningless target), harking back to a golden age which never existed in the first place and being racist about "Londinistan". Not sure what remark you were alluding to, though, nor what the nurse's makeup had to do with anything I said.

A whinger is a moaner.

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OK. Sorry for the misunderstanding. I do enjoy these Doctor movies. I recently saw the one with Samantha Eggar. She is a living doll.

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There was a black nurse in the film. I also preferred London as it was.

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BBC 2 showed it this afternoon. Still good fun.

"Make me a baby!
Make me a star!
Leave my coffin slightly ajar!"
- Lesley Gore

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True, but did I see a female extra blacked up in this movie? What was that about??

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It probably indicates just how few African American people there were in England at that time that they were not able to cast one. Today, they would have any number to choose from. She was not an extra, she was an actor, she had lines, just not many. It was a vaguely racist joke, suggesting that Grimsdyke proposed to everyone, 'even the black one' -- as if her colour should make any difference. This was filmed during the 1950s, the time of, 'the colour bar', when landladies were infamous for putting signs in their windows saying, "No coloureds, no Irish, no dogs'. Never mind jibing about 'political correctness; there was just no excuse for that. It was incorrect -- in fact, bad -- on every conceivable level. Now, it just seems quaint.

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The infamous "No coloureds . . . " window sign is now generally thought to have been a stunt by protesters. Sadly, the attitudes were real.

"Say it with flowers . . . give her a Triffid."

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It probably indicates just how few African American people there were in England at that time that they were not able to cast one. Today, they would have any number to choose from. She was not an extra, she was an actor, she had lines, just not many. It was a vaguely racist joke, suggesting that Grimsdyke proposed to everyone, 'even the black one' -- as if her colour should make any difference. This was filmed during the 1950s, the time of, 'the colour bar', when landladies were infamous for putting signs in their windows saying, "No coloureds, no Irish, no dogs'. Never mind jibing about 'political correctness; there was just no excuse for that. It was incorrect -- in fact, bad -- on every conceivable level. Now, it just seems quaint.

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At the ripe old age of 72 I finally saw this movie, basically because I saw Justice's name in it. Always thought it was a Bogarde romance. Though it is a part of the film, it reminded me of the Carry On flicks which I love. Seeing Joan Sims was nice too. Delightfully surprised.

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