The Citadel (1938)

6.5/10 110 min Drama Romance

Overview

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.

Cast

Robert Donat

Dr. Andrew Manson

Rosalind Russell

Christine Manson

Ralph Richardson

Dr. Philip Denny

Rex Harrison

Dr. Frederick Lawford

Emlyn Williams

Owen

Penelope Dudley-Ward

Toppy LeRoy

Francis L. Sullivan

Ben Chenkin

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

Percy Parsons

Mr. Stillman

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)

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