Doctor in Trouble

Doctor in Trouble
Original British 1970 quad film poster
Directed byRalph Thomas
Written byJack Davies
Based onDoctor on Toast by Richard Gordon
Produced byBetty Box
StarringHarry Secombe
Leslie Phillips
Robert Morley
Angela Scoular
CinematographyErnest Steward
Edited byPeter Boita
Music byEric Rogers
Production
company
Distributed byRank Film Distributors
Release date
  • 16 June 1970 (1970-06-16) (UK)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£300,000

Doctor in Trouble is a 1970 British comedy film, the seventh and last film in the Doctor series. The film was directed by Ralph Thomas and stars Leslie Phillips as a doctor who gets accidentally trapped on an outgoing cruise ship while it begins a round the world trip. The cast was rounded out by a number of British comedy actors including James Robertson Justice, Harry Secombe and Angela Scoular. The film was based on the 1961 novel Doctor on Toast by Richard Gordon, and is unrelated to the 1964 novel bearing the same title written by Clare Cavendish.