DOCTOR AT LARGE
(Rank-Betty Box) G Cert. F Lizzie overreached itself and fell short of the mark, Doctor at Large, coasting cheerfully along in the wake of Doctor in the House and Doctor at Sea and not aiming higher than the average capping show (well, not much higher), achieves all that it could reasonably be expected to do. It keeps one laughing. I should confess that I saw neither of the two earlier instalments of this saga, both of which turned up when I was off duty, though I don’t think that had anything to do with my enjoyment of the latest one. I had dipped into all three, as they appeared in print, and should, I suppose, have been slightly inclined to boredom at this ‘stage. But I wasn’t. James Robertson Justice roars delightfully, Donald Sinden is a good deal more happy here than he was hunting tigers a fortnight ago, and Dirk Bogarde is, I suppose, the incarnation of every pony-tailed popsy’s romantic dreams. (Speaking personally, I wish his suits weren’t cut so sharp.) And the best of the book (including the hilarious interlude with little Eva and the stethoscope) appears to have been preserved. But it seems a howling injustice that doctors should get so much more fun out of life than the rest of us.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/NZLIST19571004.2.48.1.3
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 947, 4 October 1957, Page 26
Word count
Tapeke kupu
219DOCTOR AT LARGE New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 947, 4 October 1957, Page 26
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Material in this publication is protected by copyright.
Are Media Limited has granted permission to the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa to develop and maintain this content online. You can search, browse, print and download for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Are Media Limited for any other use.
Copyright in the work University Entrance by Janet Frame (credited as J.F., 22 March 1946, page 18), is owned by the Janet Frame Literary Trust. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise this article and make it available online as part of this digitised version of the New Zealand Listener. You can search, browse, and print this article for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from the Janet Frame Literary Trust for any other use.
Copyright in the Denis Glover serial Hot Water Sailor published in 1959 is owned by Pia Glover. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise this serial and make it available online as part of this digitised version of the Listener. You can search, browse, and print this serial for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Pia Glover for any other use.
Log in