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    In the Doghouse (1961)

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    In The Doghouse follows the misadventures of kindhearted but bumbling new veterinarian Jimmy Fox-Upton (Leslie Phillips) who eventually graduates after 10 years of trying.

    He buys a run-down practice in a poor area and juggles a high caseload and a complex love life – with glamorous nightclub performer Sally Huxley (Peggy Cummins) and her mischievous chimp – while dealing with boorish rival Bob Skeffington (James Booth) who is fleecing the rich in an elegant veterinary practice (complete with hairdryers for pekes and psychiatric couches for mixed-up pugs) and has a scheme to export old horses to France for their meat.

    The laughs come from Fox-Upton’s dealings with the locals.

    Keep an eye out for Hattie Jacques, Esma Cannon, Dick Bentley, Joan Hickson, Vida Hope, Peggy Thorpe-Bates, Fenella Fielding and Patsy Rowlands.

    The film was based on the reminiscences of Alex Duncan, who did for vets what Richard Gordon did for doctors.

    He wrote four books, A Vet’s Life, which the film is based on, then Vet in Congress, Vets in the Manger, and Vets in the Belfry.

    Jimmy Fox-Upton
    Leslie Phillips
    Sally Huxley
    Peggy Cummins
    Primrose Gudgeon
    Hattie Jacques
    Bob Skeffington
    James Booth
    Mr Peddle
    Dick Bentley
    Dean
    Colin Gordon
    Mrs Peddle
    Joan Heal
    Mrs Raikes
    Esma Cannon
    Miss Fordyce
    Fenella Fielding
    Mr Ribart
    Richard Goolden
    Miss Gibbs
    Joan Hickson
    Mrs Crabtree
    Vida Hope
    Rita
    Jacqueline Jones
    Mrs Muswell
    Peggy Thorpe-Bates
    Sid West
    Harry Locke
    Barmaid
    Patsy Rowlands
    Colonel
    Kynaston Reeves
    Middle-Aged Woman
    Joan Young
    Massage Woman
    Judith Furse
    Policeman
    Lance Percival

    Director
    Darcy Conyers

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