| Rose Dixon – Night Nurse | |
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| Directed by | Justin Cartwright |
| Written by | Christopher Wood Justin Cartwright |
| Based on | novel by Christopher Wood |
| Produced by | Frank Bevis |
| Starring | Beryl Reid John Le Mesurier Arthur Askey Debbie Ash |
| Cinematography | Alex Thomson |
| Edited by | Geoffrey Foot |
| Music by | Ed Welch |
Release date | 1978 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £300,000[1] |
Rosie Dixon – Night Nurse is a 1978 British comedy film directed by Justin Cartwright and starring Debbie Ash, Carolyne Argyle, Beryl Reid and John Le Mesurier.[2] It is based on a novel by Christopher Wood.
The film is one of several softcore sex comedies released in the 1970s to cash in on the success of the Confessions series (also written by Wood under the pseudonym Timothy Lea). Like the Confessions films, it was adapted from a book, the author's credit going to the fictional Rosie herself. It is the only one of the nine Rosie Dixon novels to be adapted into a movie. The character of Penny Sutton – Rosie's best friend in the movie and in the books – is the star of an earlier series of similar novels that depict Penny as an airline stewardess.
Debbie Ash was a member of the dance troupe Hot Gossip. Her sister Leslie Ash plays Rosie's sister Natalie.
Plot
A new student nurse at a hospital and attracts interest from the staff with comic consequences.
Cast
- Beryl Reid as matron
- John Le Mesurier as Sir Archibald MacGregor
- Arthur Askey as Mr. Arkwright
- Debbie Ash as Rosie Dixon
- Liz Fraser as Mrs. Dixon
- Lance Percival as Jake Fletcher
- John Junkin as Mr. Dixon
- Bob Todd as Mr. Buchanan
- Carolyne Argyle as Penny Green
- Jeremy Sinden as Dr. Robert Fishlock
- Christopher Ellison as Dr. Adam Quint
- Peter Mantle as Dr. Tom Richmond
- Ian Sharp as Dr. Seamus MacSweeney
- Leslie Ash as Natalie Dixon
- David Timson as Geoffrey Ramsbottom
- John Clive as Grieves
- Patricia Hodge as Sister Belter
- Peter Bull as August visitor
- Glenna Forster-Jones as Staff Nurse Smythe
- Harry Towb as Mr. Phillips
- Joan Benham as Sister Tutor
- Sara Pugsley as night sister
- Jon Lingard-Lane as traction patient / Barnabus Medic
- Claire Davenport as Mrs. Buchanan
References
- ↑ Doctor's ardours." Sunday Times [London, England] 7 Aug. 1977: 28. The Sunday Times Digital Archive. Web. 29 Mar. 2014.
- ↑ "Rosie Dixon – Night Nurse". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
External links
- Rosie Dixon – Night Nurse at IMDb
- Rosie Dixon – Night Nurse then-and-now location photographs at ReelStreets
- Rosie Dixon – Night Nurse then-and-now location photographs at ReelStreets