The Citadel (1938)
Secrets of a doctor as told by a doctor!
Andrew Manson, a young, idealistic, newly qualified Scottish doctor arrives in Wales takes his first job in a mining town, and begins to wonder at the persistent cough many of the miners have. When his attempts to prove its cause are thwarted, he moves to London. His new practice does badly. But when a friend shows him how to make a lucrative practice from rich hypochondriacs, it will take a great shock to show him what the truth of being a doctor really is.
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Robert DonatDr. Andrew Manson
Rosalind RussellChristine Manson
Ralph RichardsonDr. Philip Denny
Rex HarrisonDr. Frederick Lawford
Emlyn WilliamsOwen
Penelope Dudley-WardToppy LeRoy
Francis L. SullivanBen Chenkin
Mary ClareMrs. Orlando
Cecil ParkerDr. Charles Every
Nora SwinburneMrs. Thornton
Edward ChapmanJoe Morgan
Athene SeylerLady RaebankKeywords
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Andrew Manson, a young, idealistic, newly qualified Scottish doctor arrives in Wales takes his first job in a mining town, and begins to wonder at the persistent cough many of the miners have. When his attempts to prove its cause are thwarted, he moves to London. His new practice does badly. But when a friend shows him how to make a lucrative practice from rich hypochondriacs, it will take a great shock to show him what the truth of being a doctor really is.
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The Citadel has a runtime of 110 minutes.
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