Doctor in Trouble

Date: 1970
Director: Ralph Thomas
Production Company: The Rank Organisation, Wellbeck Films Ltd.

Stars: Leslie Phillips, Harry Secombe, James Robertson Justice, Angela Scoular, Irene Handle, Simon Dee, Robert Morley
Location(s): Berkshire, Hampshire

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Whilst pursuing a young woman, a Doctor stows away on the same cruise liner that a famous television star is travelling at the suggestion of renowned surgeon Sir Lancelot Spratt.

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Originally uploaded in the early days of the site, revisited with replacement screen captures and storyline by Phil Wilkinson

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An ambulance speeds towards the home of television actor Basil Beauchamp. Paul Hart locates this as Clarence Crescent, Windsor in Berkshire which also makes an appearance in ‘Carry On Up the Jungle’, ‘Nurse on Wheels’ and ‘Upstairs and Downstairs’.

Taken off line to obtain a more meaningful shot of the Crescent. (RL)

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Doctor Tony Burke (Leslie Phillips) rushes from the ambulance. The distinctive pathway can also be seen in 'Carry On Regardless'. (RL)

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A Doctor Dare Fan (Donna Reading) waits to let the physician inside to attend to his old school friend. The building stands on Clarence Crescent in Windsor.

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Recommended relaxation by Sir Lancelot Spratt, Basil is sent on a cruise.

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On the quayside, Basil Beauchamp (Simon Dee) signs autographs. Paul Hart identifies this is Windsor & Eton Central station, which features in several other films including 'Allez France!', 'The French Lieutenants Woman', 'Left, Right and Centre', 'A Run for Your Money', 'The White Trap', 'That’s Your Funeral', 'Two-Way Stretch', 'Lease of Life' and 'The Lovers!'.

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Ophelia O'Brien (Angela Scoular) and the rest of the actor's entourage are photographed as they arrive with their luggage. Windsor & Eton Central station off Thames Street in Windsor, Berkshire.

Looks like the right architecture but not sure I've got the exact spot. SJ.

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Basil makes his way aboard the Golden Horn, the liner of which Sir Lancelot's brother George Spratt is captain. However Martin Crocker suggests the old transfer sheds at Southampton in hampshire, behind the RHM flour Mill in the old dock. P & O and Independence of the Seas berth stand next to these sheds and it is possible to see them from Mayflower Park.

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Having been knocked into a locker after boarding to give flowers to Ophelia, Dr. Burke lies unconscious as a tug manouvers the Golden Horn from her berth.

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The shot pans to find the liner departing.

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Following his exploits on board the cruise liner as well as a spell on a Soviet cargo ship, Dr. Burke arrives by taxi in time to meet Ophelia as the Golden Horn docks.