United States / Oct 29, 1938 / NR
Secrets of a doctor as told by a doctor!
1h 50min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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.
Main cast
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| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| 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) |
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| 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) |
Genres
DramaRomance
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Citadel |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | United Kingdom |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, King Vidor |
| Release date | 29 ottobre 1938 |
| Executive producer | Hayes Goetz |
| Production | Victor Saville |
| Writer | Frank Wead, Ian Dalrymple, Elizabeth Hill, A.J. Cronin |
| Editing | Charles Frend |
| Cinematography | Harry Stradling Sr., Gerry Massy-Collier, Peter Hopkinson |
| Assistant directors | Pen Tennyson, King Vidor |
| Camera operators | Gerry Massy-Collier, Peter Hopkinson, Harry Stradling Sr. |
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| Additional photography | Gerry Massy-Collier, Peter Hopkinson, Harry Stradling Sr. |
| Production design | Lazare Meerson, Alfred Junge |
| Art direction | Lazare Meerson, Alfred Junge |
| Set decoration | Lazare Meerson, Alfred Junge |
| Music | Louis Levy, John Aldred, Cecil Milner, A.W. Watkins, C.C. Stevens |
| Sound | John Aldred, Cecil Milner, A.W. Watkins, C.C. Stevens, Louis Levy |
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