Doctor at Large vs Love's Second Act
Love's Second Act has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 5.7/10 for Doctor at Large). Love's Second Act is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 44m. Doctor at Large is the older of the two (1957 against 2024). Both are comedy, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Doctor at Large | Love's Second Act | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.7/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 1957 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 44m | 1h 30m |
| Genres | Comedy, Romance | Comedy, Romance, TV Movie |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Ralph Thomas | Sam Irvin |
| Main cast | Geoffrey Keen, Donald Sinden, Michael Medwin, Lionel Jeffries, James Robertson Justice | Tilky Jones, J.P. Manoux, George Wendt, Ann Hagemann, Meredith VanCuyk |
Synopsis
Doctor at Large
Losing out to Dr. Bingham (Michael Medwin) in a competition for house surgeon when he offends a member of the board, young Dr. Simon Sparrow (Dirk Bogarde) finds himself going from post to post, filling in for other physicians. At one distant country post, he is taken aback when he works with a patient whose husband died after Simon treated the man years before. In another hospital, Simon examines a surprisingly mature teen and also tries…
Love's Second Act
Jamie is a filmmaker who needs inspiration to finish her screenplay after a studio buys the pitch. She finds it in ex-boyfriend, Nick, who still works at the small town movie theater where they both first fell in love.
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