In the Doghouse (film)

In the Doghouse
British quad poster by Tom Chantrell
Directed byDarcy Conyers
Written byMichael Pertwee
Based onIt's a Vet's Life by Alex Duncan
Produced byEarl St. John
StarringLeslie Phillips
Peggy Cummins
Hattie Jacques
James Booth
CinematographyAlan Hume
Edited byRoger Cherrill
Music byPhilip Green
Production
company
Release date
  • 1962 (1962)
Running time
91 minutes[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

In the Doghouse, also known as Vet in the Doghouse, is a 1962 British black-and-white comedy film directed by Darcy Conyers and starring Leslie Phillips and Peggy Cummins.[2] The film was based on the 1961 novel It's a Vet's Life by Alex Duncan.

The title refers to the British expression of a person being "in the doghouse" when a person is ostracised usually relating to a husband for domestic bad behaviour, and usually used in the third person e.g. "he is in the doghouse because... "

  1. ^ "IN THE DOGHOUSE - British Board of Film Classification".
  2. ^ "In the Doghouse". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 7 January 2024.