---
title: 'Carry On Nurse (1959)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Gerald Thomas'
released: '1959-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 86
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/carry-on-nurse-1959'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051452/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Carry On Nurse (1959)

1959 · 86 min · Comedy · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Carry On Nurse is a 1959 British comedy film, the second in the series of 31 Carry On films (1958–1992). Of the regular team, it featured Joan Sims, Kenneth Williams, Kenneth Connor and Charles Hawtrey, with Hattie Jacques and Leslie Phillips. The film was written by Norman Hudis based on the play Ring for Catty by Patrick Cargill and Jack Beale. It was the top-grossing film of 1959 in the United Kingdom and, with an audience of 10.4 million, had the highest cinema viewing of any of the "Carry On" films. It was also highly successful in the United States, where it was reported that it played at some cinemas for three years. The film was followed by Carry On Teacher later in 1959.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Gerald Thomas](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerald-thomas)
- **Screenplay:** [Norman Hudis](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-hudis)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Edmund Crispin](https://cinepixo.com/people/edmund-crispin)
- **Producer:** [Peter Rogers](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-rogers)
- **Director of Photography:** [Reginald Wyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/reginald-wyer)
- **Editor:** [John Shirley](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-shirley)

## Cast

- [Terence Longdon](https://cinepixo.com/people/terence-longdon)
- [Kenneth Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenneth-williams)
- [Leslie Phillips](https://cinepixo.com/people/leslie-phillips)
- [Marianne Stone](https://cinepixo.com/people/marianne-stone)
- [Susan Stephen](https://cinepixo.com/people/susan-stephen)
- [Jill Ireland](https://cinepixo.com/people/jill-ireland)
- [Norman Rossington](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-rossington)
- [Bill Owen](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-owen)
- [Joan Sims](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-sims)
- [Hattie Jacques](https://cinepixo.com/people/hattie-jacques)
- [Kenneth Connor](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenneth-connor)
- [Michael Medwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-medwin)
- [Wilfrid Hyde-White](https://cinepixo.com/people/wilfrid-hyde-white)
- [Charles Hawtrey](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-hawtrey)
- [Shirley Eaton](https://cinepixo.com/people/shirley-eaton)

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