Underneath the opening credits of this gentle, old-fashioned (even when it was made) corny comedy, we see Juliet Mills riding her bike through a provincial town. She looks very nervous probably because she knew there'd only be one take, and that there were no safety measures.
She gets more screen time here than in most of her films and she grasps the opportunity with both hands.She is splendidly dithering.
An side addition made by the Carry-on Team and should have been called 'Carry on District Nurse' or something like that because this is made in the same style as the early Carry-On's like Carry On Nurse and with many of the same actors.Apart from Juliet Mills (who was also in 'Carry on Jack') it included Joan Sims, Jim Dale, Esma Cannon and Joan Hickson from those films, and bit role actor Norman Rossington, it also included a few other characters that had odd roles in that series and odd character roles in many 50's and 60's British films, all usually good.
A fun little British film, Nurse On Wheels stars Juliet Mills as Nurse Jones, who passes her driving test and takes the job as District Nurse. It's all very light and fluffy.
In the style of the carry on films with producer and music from the above, and full of so many of the best famous names in British film comedy ! It may not be one of the greatest films, but with the cast and the music it's still a class example British film comedy of the 1960's.
A marvellous bit of whimsy from Britain's film industry of the early 60's, when we knew how to make this kind of light-hearted comedy/drama. Almost everyone is perfectly cast - especially the pretty and pleasant Juliet Mills as Nurse Jones - and her mother, played by the incomparable Esma Cannon very nearly steals the show; the scene with the sink plunger never misses.
Nurse Joanna Jones finally passes her driving test and thus is eligible to take the job as District Nurse in a small country village. When she manages to get to her new location with her dotty mother in tow, she finds that she has got to fill the very large shoes of her predecessor Nurse Merrick.
This film is funny. Make no mistake about that.
Nurse on wheels is directed by Gerald Thomas and adapted to screenplay by Norman Hudis from the novel Nurse Is a Neighbour written by Joana Jones. It stars Juliet Mills, Ronald Lewis, Joan Sims, Noel Purcell, Esma Cannon, Raymond Huntley, Athene Seyler and Norman Rossington.
