Dr. Nookey is disgraced and sent to a remote island hospital. He is given a secret slimming potion by a member of staff, Gladstone Screwer, and he flies back to England to fame and fortune. But others want to cash in on his good fortunes, and some just want him brought down a peg or two.
Sidney James
Gladstone Screwer
Kenneth Williams
Dr. Frederick Carver
Charles Hawtrey
Dr. Ernest Stoppidge
Jim Dale
Dr. Jimmy Nookey
Joan Sims
Mrs. Ellen Moore
Barbara Windsor
Goldie Locks
Hattie Jacques
Miss Soaper, the Matron
Patsy Rowlands
Miss Fosdick
Peter Butterworth
Shuffling Patient
Elizabeth Knight
Nurse Willing
Director
Gerald Thomas
Screenplay
Talbot Rothwell
Tagline
"Their latest laughter operation!"
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Production
The Rank Organisation
CinemaSerf
August 6, 2023
I never really took to Jim Dale in these films, and here he isn't really any better. He is the disgraced "Dr. Nookey" who after an assignation that went a bit wrong, is despatched to a distant hospital where he encounters "Screwer" (Sid James) - the procurer of a miraculous slimming formula. Determined to capitalise on this, he returns to Britain and with Hattie Jacques again donning her matron's ...
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