The Citadel

Overview
Cast & Crew
Production House

The Plot

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.

Run Time

1h 50m

Genre

Drama, Romance

Release Date

29 Oct 1938

Country

United Kingdom

Language

English

King Vidor
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