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534:" cycle. ... There are some fine comedy performances in this featherweight exercise, but only in widely scattered instances are the players helped along much by the Norman Hudis screenplay from Joanna Jones' novel "Nurse Is a Neighbour." Yarn has to do with the experiences encountered by a newly-assigned young district nurse (Juliet Mills) in a rural community populated by the most accident-prone individuals ever to hit the screen-outside of a 370:. She settles into a cottage with her mother, and goes about her work with quiet confidence. But she finds that the patients are used to, and prefer, an older nurse, like Nurse Merrick, who has recently retired. Joanna despairs of winning the confidence of her patients, but is then visited by Nurse Merrick who tells her that it was the same when she arrived many years before. Boosted by this, Joanna soon wins the support of the populace. 22: 373:
She also meets Henry Edwards, a rich but very short-tempered farmer. Her mother hopes that Joanna will fall in love with Dr Golfrey, who Joanna works with, but in fact it is Edwards who shows more interest in her. When a young couple, Ann and Tim Taylor, park their caravan in one of the fields owned
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said: "There's romance, humor and not a little misunderstanding, and gratifyingly enough, the shade-under-90 minutes running time doesn't permit any dawdling along the way. The premise is put forth promisingly, enacted vigorously, summed up entertainingly, and the small-town setting is a refreshing
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said "This latest Peter Rogers comedy of the rural adventures of a District Nurse mixes a familiar style of comedy with sentiment and basically credible situations, so that the overall tone is warm: the bulk of the comedy is saved for the final stages. Character study dominates, and a glance at the
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All works out in the end. Dr Golfrey offers the vacant receptionist's job to Deborah, daughter of the local vicar (who is smitten with him anyway). Joanna becomes engaged to Edwards, who promises to curb his temper. And Mr Taylor is offered a job as gardener at the vicarage.
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by Edwards, the population rally around a heavily pregnant Mrs Taylor. Edwards tries to evict them, but Joanna has taken charge of the delivery, and won't allow it.
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gave the film 3/5 stars, writing: "Peter Rogers and his wife Betty Box seem to have had an obsession with medical matters. She produced the popular
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cast list shows that this is in capable, experienced hands. Village and rural settings lend a welcome breath of fresh air to the proceedings."
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Nurse Joanna Jones passes her driving test (after one hundred and six lessons) and successfully applies for a job as
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and this charming comedy that reunited him with Juliet Mills, who had played a nurse in the previous year's
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said: "Part sentimental, part Carry On; watchable as its curious kind."
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series, while he was responsible for four hospital-based
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change-of-pace from the previous "Carry On" atmosphere."
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Gerald Thomas
John Burke
Norman Hudis
Peter Rogers
Frank Bevis
Juliet Mills
Ronald Lewis
Joan Sims
Noel Purcell
Alan Hume
Eric Rogers
Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors
Gerald Thomas
Juliet Mills
Ronald Lewis
Joan Sims
John Burke
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