Twice Round the Daffodils
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| Directed by | Gerald Thomas |
| Written by | Norman Hudis Patrick Cargill (play) Jack Beale (play) |
| Produced by | Peter Rogers |
| Starring | Juliet Mills Donald Sinden Donald Houston Kenneth Williams |
| Cinematography | Alan Hume |
| Edited by | John Shirley |
| Music by | Bruce Montgomery |
Production companies | Peter Rogers Productions GWH |
| Distributed by | Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Twice Round the Daffodils is a 1962 British comedy film directed by Gerald Thomas and starring Juliet Mills, Donald Sinden, Donald Houston, Kenneth Williams, Ronald Lewis, Andrew Ray, Joan Sims and Jill Ireland. The film was adapted from the play Ring for Catty by Patrick Cargill and Jack Beale. Carry On Nurse from 1959 was based on the same play.
The cast and production team of Twice Round the Daffodils create a noticeable similarity with the Carry On films, but the film is not an official member of the Carry On series.
The film was shot at Pinewood Studios using Heatherden Hall as the sanatorium.
Plot[edit]
A new group of patients arrives at a hospital to be treated for tuberculosis; more than one takes a fancy to one or other of the attractive nurses.[1]
The patients include John, a Welsh coal miner in a state of denial about his disease; Ian, a woman-chasing RAF officer; Bob, a man losing his girlfriend due to his lengthy stay in hospital; Henry, a supercilious bachelor with a devoted, letter-writing sister; George, a West Country farmer with hidden intelligence; and the young Chris, a timid and sensitive trainee chef who writes poetry and is bullied by John about his masculinity.
Cast[edit]
- Juliet Mills as Nurse Catty
- Donald Sinden as Ian Richards
- Donald Houston as John Rhodes
- Kenneth Williams as Henry Halfpenny
- Ronald Lewis as Bob White
- Andrew Ray as Chris Walker
- Amanda Reiss as Nurse Beamish
- Renée Houston as Matron
- Joan Sims as Harriet Halfpenny
- Mary Powell as Mrs Rhodes
- Jill Ireland as Janet
- Lance Percival as George Logg
- Sheila Hancock as Dora
- Nanette Newman as Joyce
References[edit]
- ^ Twice Round the Daffodils at BFI
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