Trivia / Doctor at Sea

• Acting for Two: Fred Real plays two different extras - a passenger and an Officer.
• Billing Displacement: The Australian DVD places Joan Sims at the end of the list of stars to capitalise on her fame in the Carry On... Series, despite the fact she disappears from the film before the ten-minute mark!
• Blooper: Dr. Sparrow's name plate is altered from "MD" to "BF", yet a newly qualified doctor's plate would only be changed to "MB".
• Completely Different Title:
  • Brazil: The Commander's Bride.
  • Bulgaria: Doctor on the High Seas.
  • Denmark: Little Doctor at Sea.
  • France: See You in Rio.
  • Germany: Doctor, Ahoy!.
  • Greece: Rendezvous in the Mediterranean.
  • Italy: A Doctor on the High Seas/Meeting in Rio.
  • Japan: My Doctor.
  • Portugal: A Girl Onboard.
  • Spain: A Doctor in the Navy.
  • Sweden: The Doctor Goes to Work.
  • Turkey: Novice Doctor at Sea.
• Cowboy BeBop at His Computer:
  • The back of the 2002 Region 2 DVD release incorrectly states that Dr. Sparrow took the role of a ship's doctor as he was getting bored of medicine, ignoring that it was so he could escape the advances of Wendy, the daughter of his employer.
  • The description on Rotten Tomatoes incorrectly claims that Brenda de Banzie's character is also French, when in the actual film, Miss Mallet is British.
• Creator Backlash:
  • Dirk Bogarde hated the film, and only returned to the series as he was under contract.
  • Joan Sims wasn't too pleased about being Typecast in a "Plain Jane" role who doesn't end up with her man. In her autobiography, she writes:
    Joan Sims versus Brigitte Bardot. I'll leave you to guess which of us got her man.
• The Danza: Jill Adams as Jill.
• Dawson Casting: The 17-year-old Fellowes was played by the 25-year-old James Kenney.
• Non-Singing Voice: Brigitte Bardot's singing was dubbed over by Jill Day.
• Recycled Script: Wendy's advances on an uncomfortable Dr. Sparrow are taken from the previous film, with Wendy in place of Milly.
• Referenced by...: The film is visible on a lobby card in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning.
• Uncredited Role:
  • Paul Carpenter as Captain Draper.
  • Jim Brady as Ordinary Seaman Merritt.
  • Diana Dors as a ship's dance guest.
  • Fred Griffiths as a seaman.
  • We don't find out who played Fred, Rosita, Johnson or Williamson.
• What Could Have Been:
  • Joan Collins was originally intended to star in the film as Helene Colbert but was ill-matched against Dirk Bogarde. The part eventually went to Brigitte Bardot.
  • Kay Kendall was offered a part but turned the film down as she wasn't happy with it.
• You Look Familiar: James Robertson Justice, Noel Purcell, Geoffrey Keen, George Coulouris, Joan Sims, Cyril Chamberlain, Joan Hickson, and Fred Griffiths all play different roles to the ones they had played in Doctor in the House (1954).

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