The Citadel

Oct 29, 1938

1h 50m

★ 6.5

Secrets of a doctor as told by a doctor!

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

King Vidor

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Cast

Dr. Andrew Manson

Robert Donat

Christine Manson

Rosalind Russell

Dr. Philip Denny

Ralph Richardson

Dr. Frederick Lawford

Rex Harrison

Owen

Emlyn Williams

Toppy LeRoy

Penelope Dudley-Ward

Ben Chenkin

Francis L. Sullivan

Mrs. Orlando

Mary Clare

Dr. Charles Every

Cecil Parker

Mrs. Thornton

Nora Swinburne

Joe Morgan

Edward Chapman

Lady Raebank

Athene Seyler

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