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The Citadel (1938)

Drama

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.

Updated May 22 2020

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US -

1938-10-29

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Keywords:

wales doctor mining town

FACTS

Runtime: 110 mins Rating: 6.6 Tag Line: Secrets of a doctor as told by a doctor!

Cast

Robert Donat

Dr. Andrew Manson

Ralph Richardson

Dr. Philip Denny

Cecil Parker

Gr/Cpt Bascombe

Mary Clare

Mrs. Orlando

Rosalind Russell

Christine Manson

Edward Chapman

Joe Morgan

Rex Harrison

Dr. Frederick Lawford

Athene Seyler

Lady Raebank