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The Citadel 1938 Directed by King Vidor

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.

Production Country United Kingdom
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gneres Drama , Romance
Production Companies Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , King Vidor
Release Date 29 October 1938
110 mins
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Robert Donat Dr. Andrew Manson
Rosalind Russell Christine Manson
Ralph Richardson Dr. Philip Denny
Rex Harrison Dr. Frederick Lawford
Mary Clare Mrs. Orlando
Cecil Parker Dr. Charles Every
Nora Swinburne Mrs. Thornton
Edward Chapman Joe Morgan
Athene Seyler Lady Raebank
Felix Aylmer Mr. Boon
Joyce Bland Nurse Sharp
Percy Parsons Mr. Stillman
Dilys Davies Mrs. Page
Basil Gill Doctor Page
Joss Ambler Dr. A.H. Llewellyn
Cameron Hall Man Who Buys Microscope (uncredited)
Bryan Herbert Husband Whose Wife Has Typhoid (uncredited)
David Keir Mr. Wickes (uncredited)
Joan Kemp-Welch Nurse Assisting at Childbirth (uncredited)
Eliot Makeham Jack the Pharmacist (uncredited)
Elliott Mason District Nurse (uncredited)
Gus McNaughton Tom Evans (uncredited)
Bernard Miles Medical Aid Society Committee Member (uncredited)
Leslie Phillips Girl (uncredited)
Kynaston Reeves Doctor (uncredited)
Harry Terry Miner (uncredited)
Ben Williams Evan Lewis (uncredited)
D.J. Williams Old Thomas (uncredited)
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