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Carry on Nurse

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The patients in the men's ward in Haven Hospital cause more havoc than the whole hospital put together.

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Clyde Gilmour Maclean's Magazine This kind of trash often flourishes at the box office but discriminating customers are hereby warned that it's a vulgar and repetitious hospital farce from Britain. Oct 28, 2019 Full Review MFB Critics Monthly Film Bulletin A somewhat stale farce, mixing slapstick, caricature and crudely anatomical humour, puts life in a public hospital ward into the same cheerlessly rollicking category as the barrack-room. Jan 25, 2018 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Jul 18, 2005 Full Review Steve Crum Video-Reviewmaster.com Ribald--for the 1950s--and typical in British nurse series. Rated: 3/5 Jun 1, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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DanTheMan 2 After the unexpected success of the previous outing, Carry On Nurse was soon to follow, utilising the same template and marking the first in a quartet of medical lampoons for the series. As the second film in the series, it still captures the naive charm of late '50s humour while exploring the more risque ground of the double entendre, but it is still a long way from the type of humour more associated with this franchise. Like the previous film, this film was based on a pre-existing property, Ring for Catty, and once again features a pair of romantic lovers around which a series of comic and sentimental episodes are loosely stitched together. This would be more of a problem if the gags weren't hilarious, which thankfully the majority are; the humour is far more gentle rather than forced, almost innocent at a glance, with a greater emphasis on misunderstanding, innuendo, smooth seducers and the accident-prone Joan Sims in her first appearance for the series. While the series certainly hasn't hit its stride as of yet, Carry On Nurse is still vulgar, silly and endearingly camp fun, managing to ensure the franchise's continued life. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/03/25 Full Review bill t Oddly enough, just like Carry On Sergeant, the cast (which is, in large part, the same as the first), won me over with it's heart, when it really shouldn't. Essentially just a series of short gags set in a hospital. Hardly any character development. But this works. Why? Maybe it's just because noone is wasted, all the characters are interesting. Nothing lke ths could be pulled off today. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Not one of their best but still enjoyable. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Hilarous romp about men awaiting surgery in a british hospital, sexual urges arouse for the men to ding dong a nurse. Good acting, and belivble dialouge make this a rather camp comedy. There is also a sub plot romance between Ted (Terrance Longdon) and Nurse Denton (Shirley Eaton) who is leaving for a hospital in America. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Pills, ills and daffodils!! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member just ok entry in the "carry on" series Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis The patients in the men's ward in Haven Hospital cause more havoc than the whole hospital put together.
Director
Gerald Thomas
Producer
Peter Rogers
Screenwriter
Patrick Cargill, Jack Beale, Norman Hudis
Production Co
Beaconsfield Productions
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
British English
Runtime
1h 30m