Characters & Themes
The Citadel (1938) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1938 · 110 mins · English
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- Directed by
- King Vidor
- Starring
- Cecil Parker, Francis L. Sullivan, Mary Clare, Bernard Miles, Ralph Richardson, Felix Aylmer
Andrew Manson, an idealistic Scottish doctor, takes his post in a Welsh mining town where workers have a persistent cough. Stymied in finding its cause, he moves to London, where his practice fails until a colleague shows him how to profit from rich patients. A shocking event forces him to confront the purpose of being a doctor.
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