Doctor on Toast

{{short description|1961 novel by Richard Gordon}}

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| language = English

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| genre = Comedy

| publisher = Michael Joseph

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| preceded_by = Doctor in Clover

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Doctor on Toast is a 1961 comedy novel by the British writer Richard Gordon. Part of his long-running Doctor series, it features Doctor Grimsdyke and his superior Sir Lancelot Spratt in a series of amusing situations.

Adaptation

The novel provided a loose inspiration for the 1970 film Doctor in Trouble starring Leslie Phillips and Robert Morley.Goble p.187

References

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Bibliography

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

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Category:1961 British novels

Category:Novels by Richard Gordon

Category:Comedy novels

Category:British novels adapted into films

Category:Novels set in hospitals

Category:Michael Joseph books

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