The Citadel
Secrets of a doctor as told by a doctor!
1938 | 110m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | King Vidor |
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| Writer: | Ian Dalrymple, Frank Wead, A.J. Cronin, Elizabeth Hill |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 29, 1938 |
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| Director: | King Vidor |
| Writer: | Ian Dalrymple, Frank Wead, A.J. Cronin, Elizabeth Hill |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance |
| Keywords | wales, doctor, mining town |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, King Vidor |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 02, 2025 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Joyce Bland | Nurse Sharp |
| Percy Parsons | Mr. Stillman |
| Dilys Davies | Mrs. Page |
| 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) |
| David Keir | Mr. Wickes (uncredited) |
| Joan Kemp-Welch | Nurse Assisting at Childbirth (uncredited) |
| Eliot Makeham | Jack the Pharmacist (uncredited) |
| Elliott Mason | District Nurse (uncredited) |
| Gus McNaughton | Tom Evans (uncredited) |
| Bernard Miles | Medical Aid Society Committee Member (uncredited) |
| Leslie Phillips | Girl (uncredited) |
| Kynaston Reeves | Doctor (uncredited) |
| Harry Terry | Miner (uncredited) |
| Ben Williams | Evan Lewis (uncredited) |
| D.J. Williams | Old Thomas (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| King Vidor | Director |
| Harry Stradling Sr. | Director of Photography |
| Pen Tennyson | Assistant Director |
| Alfred Junge | Art Direction |
| Ian Dalrymple | Screenplay |
| C.C. Stevens | Sound Recordist |
| John Aldred | Sound Assistant |
| Gerry Massy-Collier | Assistant Camera |
| Howard Dietz | Public Relations |
| Frank Wead | Screenplay |
| Louis Levy | Original Music Composer |
| Harold Boxall | Production Manager |
| Lazare Meerson | Art Direction |
| A.J. Cronin | Novel |
| Elizabeth Hill | Screenplay |
| Charles Williams | Additional Music |
| A.W. Watkins | Sound Recordist |
| Peter Hopkinson | Assistant Camera |
| Cecil Milner | Orchestrator |
| Charles Frend | Editor |
| Emlyn Williams | Additional Dialogue |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Hayes Goetz | Executive Producer |
| Victor Saville | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | Best Picture | N/A | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | Best Director | William Wyler | Nominated |
| Venice Film Festival | Best Supporting Actress | Celia Johnson | Nominated |
Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 3 |
| 2024 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 4 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 2 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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