| Carry On Nurse | |
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 Original UK quad poster | |
| Directed by | Gerald Thomas |
| Written by | Norman Hudis |
| Produced by | Peter Rogers |
| Starring | Shirley Eaton Kenneth Connor Charles Hawtrey Hattie Jacques Terence Longdon Bill Owen Leslie Phillips Joan Sims Susan Stephen Kenneth Williams Wilfrid Hyde-White Susan Beaumont Norman Rossington Jill Ireland Ann Firbank Irene Handl Susan Shaw Michael Medwin |
| Cinematography | Reginald Dwyer |
| Edited by | John Shirley |
| Music by | Bruce Montgomery |
| Distributed by | Anglo-Amalgamated |
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Running time | 86 min. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £71,000 |
| Box office | $2.8 million (rentals) |
Carry On Nurse is a 1959 British comedy film, the second in the series of 31 Carry On films (1958–1992). Of the regular team, it featured Joan Sims (in her Carry On film debut), Kenneth Williams, Kenneth Connor and Charles Hawtrey, with Hattie Jacques and Leslie Phillips.[2] The film was written by Norman Hudis based on the play Ring for Catty by Patrick Cargill and Jack Beale.[3] It was the top-grossing film of 1959 in the United Kingdom and, with an audience of 10.4 million, had the highest cinema viewing of any of the "Carry On" films.[4] Perhaps surprisingly, it was also highly successful in the United States, where it was reported that it played at some cinemas for three years. The film was followed by Carry On Teacher 1959.
- ^ "Carry On Nurse". Art & Hue. 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
- ^ Hunter, I. Q.; Porter, Laraine (4 May 2012). British Comedy Cinema. Routledge. ISBN 9781136508370.
- ^ "BFI Screenonline: Carry On Nurse (1958)". screenonline.org.uk.
- ^ Tanya Gold (17 April 2008). "Tanya Gold: Why is the Carry on series so successful?". The Guardian.