The Citadel

The Citadel (1938)

Secrets of a doctor as told by a doctor!

  • Genre: Drama, Romance
  • Release Date: 1938-10-29
  • User Rating: 6.4/10 from 31 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 50min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Director: King Vidor
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Summary

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.

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  • Robert Donat

    as Dr. Andrew Manson
  • Rosalind Russell

    as Christine Manson
  • Ralph Richardson

    as Dr. Philip Denny
  • Rex Harrison

    as Dr. Frederick Lawford
  • Emlyn Williams

    as Owen
  • Penelope Dudley-Ward

    as Toppy LeRoy
  • Francis L. Sullivan

    as Ben Chenkin
  • Mary Clare

    as Mrs. Orlando
  • Cecil Parker

    as Dr. Charles Every
  • Nora Swinburne

    as Mrs. Thornton
  • Edward Chapman

    as Joe Morgan
  • Athene Seyler

    as Lady Raebank
  • Felix Aylmer

    as Mr. Boon
  • Joyce Bland

    as Nurse Sharp
  • Percy Parsons

    as Mr. Stillman
  • Dilys Davies

    as Mrs. Page
  • Basil Gill

    as Doctor Page
  • Joss Ambler

    as Dr. A.H. Llewellyn
  • Cameron Hall

    as Man Who Buys Microscope (uncredited)
  • Bryan Herbert

    as Husband Whose Wife Has Typhoid (uncredited)
  • David Keir

    as Mr. Wickes (uncredited)
  • Joan Kemp-Welch

    as Nurse Assisting at Childbirth (uncredited)
  • Eliot Makeham

    as Jack the Pharmacist (uncredited)
  • Elliott Mason

    as District Nurse (uncredited)
  • Gus McNaughton

    as Tom Evans (uncredited)
  • Bernard Miles

    as Medical Aid Society Committee Member (uncredited)
  • Leslie Phillips

    as Girl (uncredited)
  • Kynaston Reeves

    as Doctor (uncredited)
  • Harry Terry

    as Miner (uncredited)
  • Ben Williams

    as Evan Lewis (uncredited)
  • D.J. Williams

    as Old Thomas (uncredited)
Directing King Vidor Director
Writing Frank Wead Screenplay
Writing Ian Dalrymple Screenplay
Crew Charles Williams Additional Music
Sound John Aldred Sound Assistant
Crew Emlyn Williams Additional Dialogue
Writing Elizabeth Hill Screenplay
Camera Gerry Massy-Collier Assistant Camera
Camera Peter Hopkinson Assistant Camera
Sound Cecil Milner Orchestrator
Sound A.W. Watkins Sound Recordist
Crew Howard Dietz Public Relations
Sound C.C. Stevens Sound Recordist
Writing A.J. Cronin Novel
Camera Harry Stradling Sr. Director of Photography
Sound Louis Levy Original Music Composer
Editing Charles Frend Editor
Art Lazare Meerson Art Direction
Directing Pen Tennyson Assistant Director
Art Alfred Junge Art Direction
Production Victor Saville Producer
Production Hayes Goetz Executive Producer
Production Harold Boxall Production Manager