The Doctor's Dilemma
1959 · 1h 39m · Approved
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Anthony Asquith
Overview
Four doctors face a serious dilemma when the beautiful wife of a TB-stricken artist begs one of them to cure her brilliant, but amoral, husband.
Director and cast
- Anthony Asquith Director
- Leslie Caron as Mrs. Dubedat
- Dirk Bogarde as Louis Dubedat
- Alastair Sim as Cutler Walpole
- Robert Morley as Sir Ralph Bloomfield-Bonington
- John Robinson as Sir Colenso Ridgeon
- Felix Aylmer as Sir Patrick Cullen
- Michael Gwynn as Dr. Blenkinsop
- Maureen Delaney as Emmy
- Alec McCowen as Redpenny
- Colin Gordon as Newspaper Man
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