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{{Infobox film
| name = Doctor in Love
| image = Doctor in Love quad poster.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Original British 1960 [[Film poster#Film poster sizes|quad film poster]]
| director = [[Ralph Thomas]]
| producer = [[Betty E. Box]]
| screenplay = [[Nicholas Phipps]]
| based_on = {{based on|''[[Doctor in Love (novel)|Doctor in Love]]''|[[Richard Gordon (English author)|Richard Gordon]]}}
| starring = [[James Robertson Justice]] [[Michael Craig (actor)|Michael Craig]] [[Leslie Phillips]] [[Carole Lesley]] [[Joan Sims]]
| music = [[Edmund Crispin|Bruce Montgomery]]
| cinematography = [[Ernest Steward]]
| editing = [[Alfred Roome]]
| studio = [[Rank Organisation]]
| distributor = [[Rank Film Distributors]] (UK) Governor Films (US)
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1960|07|12|UK|1961|11|15|US}}
| runtime =
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
}}

'''''Doctor in Love''''' is a 1960 British [[comedy]] film, the fourth of the seven films in the ''[[Doctor (film series)|Doctor]]'' series, starring [[James Robertson Justice]] as Sir Lancelot Spratt and [[Michael Craig (actor)|Michael Craig]] as Dr Richard Hare.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46939089 |title=Doctor In Love |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |volume=28 |issue=[?] |date=9 November 1960 |access-date=24 May 2016 |page=63 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> This was the first film in the series not to feature [[Dirk Bogarde]], although he did return for the next film in the series ''[[Doctor in Distress (film)|Doctor in Distress]]''. It was loosely based on the 1957 [[Doctor in Love (novel)|novel of the same title]] by [[Richard Gordon (English author)|Richard Gordon]].

==Plot==
Dr Richard Hare is a recently graduated medical intern at St Swithins Hospital. When his new romantic interest, [[nurse]] Sally Nightingale, suddenly leaves the hospital, he is devastated. He also leaves after being offered a job in private practice. But when his senior partner, Dr Cardew, has to visit [[California]] for a few months, Hare is left in charge.

He is joined by Dr Tony Burke who proceeds to airily order expensive equipment that the practice cannot afford but leaves the practice after breaking an arm. Dr Nicola Barrington joins the practice and Hare is suddenly in love again. The romance doesn't go well, especially when Sally re-appears and takes the job of practice secretary and eventually Nicola leaves.

Hare struggles through various comedic and other complications, mainly stemming from Burke's amorous attentions to female patients.

After enlisting Sir Lancelot Spratt's assistance to save a young dying boy, he diagnoses Spratt with [[appendicitis]] and decides to operate, despite Spratt's loud objections. He objects even more when Dr Burke fills in at the last moment as the [[anaesthetist]]. Despite Spratt's vociferous protestations, the operation is a success.

Hare is reunited with Nicola and returns to St Swithins.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46939089 |title="Doctor In Love". |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] | date=9 November 1960 |access-date=17 December 2015 |page=79 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref name=MFB>{{cite magazine |title=Doctor in Love, Great Britain, 1960 |work=[[Monthly Film Bulletin]] |date=August 1960 |page=111 |volume=27 |issue=319}}</ref>

==Main cast==
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
* [[James Robertson Justice]] as Sir Lancelot Spratt
* [[Michael Craig (actor)|Michael Craig]] as Dr. Richard Hare
* [[Leslie Phillips]] as Dr. Tony Burke
* [[Joan Sims]] as Dawn
* [[Liz Fraser]] as Leonora
* [[Virginia Maskell]] as Dr. Nicola Barrington
* [[Carole Lesley]] as Kitten Strudwick
* [[Reginald Beckwith]] as Wildewinde
* [[Nicholas Phipps]] as Dr. Clive Cardew
* [[Ambrosine Phillpotts]] as Lady Spratt
* [[Irene Handl]] as Professor MacRitchie
* [[Fenella Fielding]] as Mrs. Tadwich
* [[Nicholas Parsons]] as Dr. Roger Hinxman
* [[Moira Redmond]] as Sally Nightingale
* [[Ronnie Stevens (actor)|Ronnie Stevens]] as Harold Green
* [[Michael Ward (actor)|Michael Ward]] as Dr. Flower
* [[John Le Mesurier]] as Dr. Mincing
* [[Meredith Edwards (actor)|Meredith Edwards]] as Father
* [[Avis Bunnage]] as Mrs. Mimp (uncredited)
* [[Esma Cannon]] as Raffia Lady (uncredited)
* [[Patrick Cargill]] as Car Salesman (uncredited)
* [[Bill Fraser]] as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
* [[Joan Hickson]] as Sister (uncredited)
* [[John Junkin]] as Policeman (uncredited)
* [[Rosalind Knight]] as Doctor (uncredited)
* [[Roland Curram]] as Student Doctor (uncredited)
* [[Sheila Hancock]] as Librarian (uncredited)
* [[Robin Ray]] as Doctor (uncredited)
* [[Norman Rossington]] as Doorman (uncredited)
* [[Peter Sallis]] as Love-struck Patient (uncredited)
* [[Marianne Stone]] as Nurse (uncredited)
* [[Jimmy Thompson (actor)|Jimmy Thompson]] as Doctor (uncredited)
* [[Sally Douglas]] as Stripper (uncredited)
* [[Angela Browne]] as Susan (uncredited)
* [[Warren Mitchell]] as Haystack Club Manager (uncredited)
{{div col end}}

==Production==
[[Dirk Bogarde]] did not want to make any more ''Doctor'' films, so the filmmakers cast [[Michael Craig (actor)|Michael Craig]] and [[Leslie Phillips]] as young doctors. Producer [[Betty Box]] later said the entire cast cost as much as Bogarde's current fee at that time.<ref name="Box p 219">Box p 219</ref> Craig said "it was no sweat, a bit like a mildly peasant piece of deja vu" because he had just worked with the same team on ''[[Upstairs and Downstairs]]''.<ref name="mc">{{cite book|first=Michael|last=Craig|page=94|title=The Smallest Giant: An Actor's Life|publisher=Allen and Unwin|year=2005}}</ref> Box says "We all developed an affection for ''Doctor in Love''. It was a gay, happy comedy which brought us into contact with some fine fresh talents."<ref name="Box p 219"/>

Shooting took place at [[Pinewood Studios]] and [[location shooting|on location]] around [[London]] including at [[University College London]]. The sets were designed by the [[art director]] [[Maurice Carter (film designer)|Maurice Carter]]. The film features a visit to a strip tease club.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article142363769 |title=The Bare Facts About Strip Tease. |newspaper=[[Western Herald (Bourke)|Western Herald]] |location=Bourke, NSW |date=3 November 1961 |access-date=17 December 2015 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

==Reception==
The film was the most popular movie at the British box office in 1960. Craig said "I don't think ''Doctor in Love'''s success had anything to do with me - King Kong probably could have played the part with the same result."<ref name="mc"/> Betty Box claimed it earned more than ''[[Doctor at Large (film)|Doctor at Large]]''. "We felt we'd pushed our luck to the ninth degree and should now forget about doctors and medical students", she said.<ref>Box p 221</ref>

Not all reviews were positive, ''[[Monthly Film Bulletin]]'' described the film as "an antediluvian farce of staggering witlessness and vulgarity".<ref name=MFB/>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0053775}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160807191530/http://www.britmovie.co.uk/films/Doctor-in-Love_1960 ''Doctor in Love''] at Britmovie
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