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Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Young, idealistic, newly qualified Scottish doctor Andrew Manson arrives in Wales and 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 poorly, 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.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes90%
Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do.
36 audience votes
Key crew
- King VidorDirector
- Frank WeadScreenplay
- Ian DalrympleScreenplay
- Elizabeth HillScreenplay
- Louis LevyOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- 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 Raebank