Doctor in Distress is a 1963 English-language Comedy motion picture directed by Ralph Thomas and produced by Betty E. Box under the banner of Rank Organisation. Dr. Simon Sparrow's (Sir Dirk Bogarde's) love life improves dramatically when the lovely Delia Mallory (Samantha Eggar) is brought into casualty with a sprained ankle. She's relieved at the diagnosis, as she is a model, and is as attracted to Sparrow as he is to her. Sparrow finds himself treating Sir Lancelot Spratt (James Robertson Justice), who has taken to sleep-walking. He has also quite suddenly lost his gruff manner, and is being quite nice to everyone. Sparrow quickly diagnoses Spratt's condition: he's fallen in love. The object of his affection is Physiotherapist Iris Merchant (Barbara Murray). Sparrow urges him on, but she also has another suitor in the form of Major Tommy Ffrench (Donald Houston). Spratt tries to hire a private detective to follow her, but when that doesn't work out, he takes to following her. Written by garykmcd. Doctor in distress features Dirk Bogarde, James Robertson Justice, Samantha Eggar, Barbara Murray, Mylène Demongeot, Donald Houston and Toke Townley. The screenplay is written by Nicholas Phipps and Ronald Scott Thorn. The music was composed by Norrie Paramor. Cinematography was done by Ernest Steward and editing by Alfred Roome. The movie has a running time of 102 minutes. It was released on 2nd August 1963. Distribution rights for the motion picture were acquired by Rank Film Distributors.