The Citadel (1938)
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.
Director:
King Vidor
Writers:
Frank Wead, Ian Dalrymple, Elizabeth Hill.
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Robert Donat as Dr. Andrew Manson |
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Rosalind Russell as Christine Manson |
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Ralph Richardson as Dr. Philip Denny |
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Rex Harrison as Dr. Frederick Lawford |
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Emlyn Williams as Owen |
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Penelope Dudley-Ward as Toppy LeRoy |
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Francis L. Sullivan as Ben Chenkin |
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Mary Clare as Mrs. Orlando |
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Cecil Parker as Dr. Charles Every |
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Nora Swinburne as Mrs. Thornton |
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Edward Chapman as Joe Morgan |
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Athene Seyler as Lady Raebank |
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Felix Aylmer as Mr. Boon |
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Joyce Bland as Nurse Sharp |
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Percy Parsons as Mr. Stillman |
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Dilys Davies as Mrs. Page |
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Basil Gill as Doctor Page |
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Joss Ambler as Dr. A.H. Llewellyn |
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Cameron Hall as Man Who Buys Microscope (uncredited) |
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Bryan Herbert as Husband Whose Wife Has Typhoid (uncredited) |
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David Keir as Mr. Wickes (uncredited) |
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Joan Kemp-Welch as Nurse Assisting at Childbirth (uncredited) |
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Eliot Makeham as Jack the Pharmacist (uncredited) |
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Elliott Mason as District Nurse (uncredited) |
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Gus McNaughton as Tom Evans (uncredited) |
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Bernard Miles as Medical Aid Society Committee Member (uncredited) |
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Leslie Phillips as Girl (uncredited) |
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Kynaston Reeves as Doctor (uncredited) |
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Harry Terry as Miner (uncredited) |
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Ben Williams as Evan Lewis (uncredited) |
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D.J. Williams as Old Thomas (uncredited) |
| Directing | King Vidor | Director |
| Writing | Frank Wead | Screenplay |
| Crew | Emlyn Williams | Additional Dialogue |
| Writing | Ian Dalrymple | Screenplay |
| Writing | Elizabeth Hill | Screenplay |
| Sound | C.C. Stevens | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | John Aldred | Sound Assistant |
| Crew | Charles Williams | Additional Music |
| Camera | Peter Hopkinson | Assistant Camera |
| Writing | A.J. Cronin | Novel |
| Sound | A.W. Watkins | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | Gerry Massy-Collier | Assistant Camera |
| Crew | Howard Dietz | Public Relations |
| Sound | Cecil Milner | Orchestrator |
| Camera | Harry Stradling Sr. | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Louis Levy | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Hayes Goetz | Executive Producer |
| Production | Victor Saville | Producer |
| Art | Alfred Junge | Art Direction |
| Art | Lazare Meerson | Art Direction |
| Production | Harold Boxall | Production Manager |
| Editing | Charles Frend | Editor |
| Directing | Pen Tennyson | Assistant Director |