Francis Bigger, a notorious charlatan who tours the country lecturing on the subject of mind over matter, slips off the platform in the middle of his performance and ends up in hospital under the care of Dr Tinkle. The hospital is about to enter a period of total chaos.

• The Rank Organisation
• Frankie Howerd
• Sidney James
• Charles Hawtrey
• Kenneth Williams
• Jim Dale
• Barbara Windsor
• Joan Sims
• Bernard Bresslaw