Twice Round the Daffodils
Twice Round the Daffodils is a 1962 British comedy-drama 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.
Twice Round the Daffodils | |
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Directed by | Gerald Thomas |
Produced by | Peter Rogers |
Written by | Norman Hudis Patrick Cargill (play) Jack Beale (play) |
Starring | Juliet Mills Donald Sinden Donald Houston Kenneth Williams |
Music by | Bruce Montgomery |
Cinematography | Alan Hume |
Edited by | John Shirley |
Distributed by | Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors |
Release date | 1962 |
Running time | 89 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
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
A new group of patients arrives at a hospital to be treated for tuberculosis where they each take a fancy to one of the 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 internment; George, a West Countryman farmer; and the young Chris, a trainee chef bullied by John about his masculinity.
Cast
- 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
- Renee 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
- Twice Round the Daffodils at BFI