

The Citadel
1938 · Movie · 1h 50m · NR
DramaRomance
"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.
Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes
90%
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
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Themes
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