Francis Bigger, a notorious charlatan who tours the country lecturing on the subject of mind over matter, slips off the platform in the middle of his performance and ends up in hospital under the care of Dr Tinkle. The hospital is about to enter a period of total chaos.
Cast
Frankie Howerd
Mr. Francis Bigger
Sidney James
Mr. Charlie Roper
Charles Hawtrey
Mr. Barron
Kenneth Williams
Dr. Kenneth Tinkle
Jim Dale
Dr. Jim Kilmore
Barbara Windsor
Trainee Nurse Sandra May
Joan Sims
Chloe Gibson
Bernard Bresslaw
Mr. Ken Biddle
Hattie Jacques
Lavinia, the Matron
Anita Harris
Nurse Clarke
Peter Butterworth
Mr. Smith
June Jago
Sister Hoggett
Derek Francis
Sir Edmund Burke
Dandy Nichols
Mrs. Roper
Peter Jones
Chaplain
Deryck Guyler
Mr. Hardcastle
Gwendolyn Watts
Mrs. Barron
Dilys Laye
Mavis Winkle
Peter Gilmore
Henry
Harry Locke
Sam
Marianne Stone
Mother
Jean St. Clair
Mrs. Smith
Valerie Van Ost
Nurse Parkin
Julian Orchard
Fred
Brian Wilde
Man from Cox & Carter
Lucy Griffiths
Miss Morris
Gertan Klauber
Wash Orderly
Julian Holloway
Simmons
Jennifer White
Nurse in Bath
Helen Ford
Nurse
Gordon Rollings
Night Porter
Patrick Allen
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Bart Allison
Granddad (uncredited)
Frances Baker
Woman in Audience (uncredited)
Simon Cain
Tea Orderly (uncredited)
Valerie Cockx
Patient (uncredited)
Pat Coombs
Anxious Patient (uncredited)
Alexandra Dane
Antenatal Instructor (uncredited)
Hugh Elton
Visitor (uncredited)
Ernest Fennemore
Junior Doctor (uncredited)
Eden Fox
Outpatient (uncredited)
Stephen Garlick
Boy (uncredited)
Jill Goldston
Nurse (uncredited)
Pat Hagan
Patient (uncredited)
Walter Henry
Visitor (uncredited)
Penelope Keith
Plain Nurse (uncredited)
Roy Lansford
Visitor (uncredited)
Jay McGrath
Visitor (uncredited)
Cheryl Molineaux
Women's Ward Nurse (uncredited)
Jane Murdoch
Nurse (uncredited)
Edith Raye
Visitor (uncredited)
Jack Ross
Visitor (uncredited)
Johnny Rossi
Patient (uncredited)
Peggy Scott Sanders
Woman in Audience (uncredited)
Robin Scott
Patient (uncredited)
George Spence
Patient (uncredited)
Guy Standeven
Orderly (uncredited)
Philip Stewart
Man in Audience (uncredited)
Laura Thurlow
Nurse (uncredited)
James Ure
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Leslie Weeks
Porter (uncredited)
Crew
Gerald Thomas
Director
Talbot Rothwell
Screenplay
Alfred Roome
Editor
Jack Gardner
Assistant Editor
Alan Hume
Director of Photography
Terence A. Clegg
Assistant Director
Peter Rogers
Producer
James Bawden
Camera Operator
Weston Drury Jr.
Casting
Yvonne Caffin
Costume Design
Stella Rivers
Hairdresser
Geoffrey Rodway
Makeup Artist
Martin Gutteridge
Special Effects
Eric Rogers
Original Music Composer
Jack Swinburne
Production Manager
Mike Rutter
Focus Puller
Cedric Dawe
Art Direction
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