through the streets of London. Simon and his friends are almost expelled for their part in this by the humourless Dean of St Swithin's (Geoffrey Keen). When Simon helps Joy sneak into the nurses' residence after curfew, he accidentally falls through a skylight. This second incident gets him expelled, even though he is a short time away from completing his finals. Sir Lancelot, however, has fond memories of his own student days, particularly of the Dean's own youthful indiscretion (persuading a nurse to reenact Lady Godiva's ride). His discreet blackmail gets Simon reinstated. In the end, Richard fails (as does Tony), but Stella decides to enroll at St Swithin's herself so there will be at least one doctor in the family. Simon and Taffy graduate. Cast Dirk Bogarde as Simon Sparrow Muriel Pavlow as Joy Gibson Kenneth More as Richard Grimsdyke Donald Sinden as Tony Benskin Kay Kendall as Isobel Minster James Robertson Justice as Sir Lancelot Spratt Donald Houston as Taffy Evans Suzanne Cloutier as Stella George Coulouris as Mrm William Briggs Jean Taylor Smith as Sister Virtue Nicholas Phipps as Magistrate Geoffrey Keen as Dean Martin Boddey as lecturer at pedal machine Joan Sims as "Rigor Mortis" Gudrun Ure as May Harry Locke as Jessup Cyril Chamberlain as Policeman Ernest Clark as Mr. Parrish Maureen Pryor as Mrs. Cooper George Benson as lecturer on drains Shirley Eaton as Milly Groaker Eliot Makeham as Elderly Examiner Joan Hickson as Mrs. Groaker Brian Oulton as Medical equipment salesman Shirley Burniston as Barbara Mark Dignam as Examiner at microscope Felix Felton as Examiner Lisa Gastoni as Jane Geoffrey Sumner as Forensic Lecturer Amy Veness as Grandma Cooper Mona Washbourne as Midwifery sister Felix Felton and Wyndham Goldie as Examiners (uncredited) Richard Gordon as Anaesthetist (uncredited) Noel Purcell as "Padre", landlord at the doctors' pub (uncredited) Bruce Seton as Police driver (uncredited) Richard Wattis as Medical book salesman (uncredited) Production Producer Betty Box picked up a copy of the book at Crewe during a long rail journey and saw its possibility as a film. The film rights had been optioned to Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC) but they decided not to make the movie, and Box bought the rights. She and Ralph Thomas had a job convincing the Rank Organisation to make the movie because of the lack of a central story. But Box said "I think I know how to do