The Citadel
“Secrets of a doctor as told by a doctor!”
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.
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Robert Donat
Dr. Andrew Manson
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Rosalind Russell
Christine Manson
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Ralph Richardson
Dr. Philip Denny
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Rex Harrison
Dr. Frederick Lawford
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Emlyn Williams
Owen
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Penelope Dudley-Ward
Toppy LeRoy
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Francis L. Sullivan
Ben Chenkin
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Mary Clare
Mrs. Orlando
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Cecil Parker
Dr. Charles Every
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Nora Swinburne
Mrs. Thornton
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Edward Chapman
Joe Morgan
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Athene Seyler
Lady Raebank
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King Vidor Director · Ian Dalrymple Screenplay Frank Wead Screenplay
Worldwide gross $2.6M · Budget $1M · United States release October 29, 1938
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Budget
$1,012,000
Worldwide gross
$2,598,000
Gross vs. budget
2.6×
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
King Vidor
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · October 29, 1938
Theatrical
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