Doctor in Distress (1963)

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"When the eternal bachelor Sir Lancelot Spratt injures his back and falls in love with his physiotherapist Iris Marchant, he becomes very distressed and turns to Simon Sparrow for help. The 5th Doctor movie finds Dirk Bogarde return for one last time as Dr Simon Sparrow. It's one of the best in the series with James Robertson Justice as the blustering Spratt getting more screen time as the focus of the plot. One minor distraction is that this entry ignores events from the previous movies as Spra"

“Sitcom enlarged, sexy in an italian way (here is Eggar and sexier Demongeot an non virile Bogarde and funny Robertson Justice), a bit episodic and too many poor characters” read more

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"FILMDOCTOR IN DISTRESSReleased: 2 August 1963 Directed by: Ralph Thomas Written by: Richard Gordon, Nicholas Phipps, Ronald Scott ThornSimon falls for a patient while working at Hampden Cross Hospital, Sir Lancelot loses his heart to physiotherapy after hurting his back, and an effort to lose weight at a nature clinic proves tougher than expected."