Rotten
Though it has Vidor's favorite theme of personal rebirth and his enduring country/city dichotomy, it lacks his usual fire.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
The Citadel
Secrets of a doctor as told by a doctor!
1938 · 1h 50m · Passed
Drama, Romance
Directed by
King Vidor
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The Citadel
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- King Vidor Director
- 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
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
90%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Picture is studded with many brilliantly human and dramatic sequences.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
Sweetened with a happy ending, it's still an effective piece of work, thanks to Donat's typically sturdy performance and Vidor's powerful direction.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
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