Movie Description
The Citadel
(1938)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.
Featured Crew
- Director : King Vidor
- Producer : Victor Saville
- Editor : Charles Frend
- Cast : Robert Donat,Rosalind Russell,Ralph Richardson,Rex Harrison,Emlyn Williams,Penelope Dudley-Ward,Francis L. Sullivan,Mary Clare,Cecil Parker,Nora Swinburne,Edward Chapman,Athene Seyler,Felix Aylmer,Joyce Bland,Percy Parsons,Dilys Davies,Basil Gill,Joss Ambler,Cameron Hall,Bryan Herbert,David Keir,Joan Kemp-Welch,Eliot Makeham,Elliott Mason,Gus McNaughton,Bernard Miles,Leslie Phillips,Kynaston Reeves,Harry Terry,Ben Williams,D.J. Williams
Cast
Dr. Andrew Manson
Christine Manson
Dr. Philip Denny
Dr. Frederick Lawford
Owen
Toppy LeRoy
Ben Chenkin
Mrs. Orlando
Dr. Charles Every
Mrs. Thornton
Joe Morgan
Lady Raebank
Mr. Boon
Nurse Sharp
Mr. Stillman
Mrs. Page
Doctor Page
Dr. A.H. Llewellyn
Man Who Buys Microscope (uncredited)
Husband Whose Wife Has Typhoid (uncredited)
Mr. Wickes (uncredited)
Nurse Assisting at Childbirth (uncredited)
Jack the Pharmacist (uncredited)
District Nurse (uncredited)
Tom Evans (uncredited)
Medical Aid Society Committee Member (uncredited)
Girl (uncredited)
Doctor (uncredited)
Miner (uncredited)
Evan Lewis (uncredited)
Old Thomas (uncredited)
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Facts
Original TitleThe Citadel
Status Released
Release Information
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1938-10-29
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 50m
Production CompaniesMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer,King Vidor
Genres
- Drama
- Romance