The Citadel

Year: 1938

Runtime: 110 mins

Language: English

Director: King Vidor

RomanceDrama

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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