This is one of the very few of Kenneth Williams' films that he actually liked. According to his diaries, it was because it was more of a drama than the usual "Carry On" fare.
Based on the same original play as "Carry on Nurse (1959)," which features the famous "daffodil" closing joke. Kenneth Williams, Joan Sims, Jill Ireland and Frank Forsyth appear in both films.
Patrick Cargill is often credited with a role in this picture, but the contracts of the performers held by the BFI do not feature a contract for him.
Six actors re-assemble from the earlier 1959 British medical comedy "Carry on Nurse (1959)," they are Kenneth Williams, Joan Sims Jill Ireland , Amanda Reiss, Frank Forsyth and Reg Thomason..
Four actors will meet again to star in another medical based comedy released the following year Nurse on Wheels (1963). They were Juliet Mills, Joan Sims, Ronald Lewis and Amanda Reiss.
