Carry On Doctor (1967)

Director
Gerald Thomas

Main cast
Jim Dale; Kenneth Williams; Sid James; Barbara Windsor; Joan Sims

Genres
Comedy

Description
Francis Bigger, a notorious charlatan who tours the country lecturing on the subject of mind over matter, slips off the platform in the middle of his performance and ends up in hospital under the care of Dr Tinkle. The hospital is about to enter a period of total chaos. The regular Carry On team is joined by Frankie Howerd as the fraudulent Francis in this 'bed-panorama of hospital life'.


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