Dentist in the Chair

1960
1h 24m

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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueBurglar steals Dentistry equipment by mistake and tries to sell them to Student Dentists. Mild amusements follow.Burglar steals Dentistry equipment by mistake and tries to sell them to Student Dentists. Mild amusements follow.Burglar steals Dentistry equipment by mistake and tries to sell them to Student Dentists. Mild amusements follow.

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5,1/10

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Anecdotes
As "Wilvram" suspected in 2018 Avril Angers plays a tea lady under the pseudonym "Rosie Lee."

Citations
[the tutor asks David Cookson how to revive a patient who has collapsed under anaesthetic. David gives the wrong answer]
David Cookson: I'll get the hang of it, sir, I promise.
Dental Instructor: You'll either get the hang of it or else you'll hang for it.

Générique farfelu
Initial caption in opening credits: "There is no dental hospital in the country that will accept responsibility for what happens in this film. Neither will the producers."

Connexions
Followed by Dentist on the Job (1961)

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6/10

Fun vehicle for Bob Monkhouse

I'm confused by the quantity of negative reviews on this site for DENTIST IN THE CHAIR, a low budget British comedy released in 1960 and starring the comic double-act of Bob Monkhouse and Kenneth Connor. Monkhouse and his cronies are the youthful students of a dental school and Connor is a bumbling thief who through various machinations of the plot ends up masquerading as one of the students himself.

The laughs in DENTIST IN THE CHAIR come thick and fast and most of them take the form of character humour which in the hands of Monkhouse and Connor is very funny. Certainly this is no worse than the likes of CARRY ON CABBY from the same era so I'm not sure why all the hatred. At the same time I can understand that this sort of humour feels very genteel and dated by modern standards, but as I despise modern comedy that's fine by me.

The script was written by the ubiquitous Val Guest, although bizarrely he didn't direct in this instance; those duties were handled by Don Chaffey, who went onto helm one of the all-time classics, JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS. The supporting cast includes the illuminating Peggy Cummins, familiar from the horror classic NIGHT OF THE DEMON, with the likes of Eric Barker in more minor parts. I can't lie and say DENTIST IN THE CHAIR is a classic, but it's certainly a fun movie for fans of British comedy. A sequel, DENTIST ON THE JOB, was to follow.