poster

1938

NR (10/29/1938) (GB)

Drama, Romance,

1h 50m

64

User Score

Secrets of a doctor as told by a doctor!

Overview

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.

1938

64

User Score

NR (10/29/1938) (GB)

Drama, Romance,

1h 50m

Secrets of a doctor as told by a doctor!

Overview

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.

Cast

Robert Donat

Robert Donat

Dr. Andrew Manson

Rosalind Russell

Rosalind Russell

Christine Manson

Ralph Richardson

Ralph Richardson

Dr. Philip Denny

Rex Harrison

Rex Harrison

Dr. Frederick Lawford

Mary Clare

Mary Clare

Mrs. Orlando

Cecil Parker

Cecil Parker

Dr. Charles Every

Nora Swinburne

Nora Swinburne

Mrs. Thornton

Edward Chapman

Edward Chapman

Joe Morgan

Athene Seyler

Athene Seyler

Lady Raebank

Felix Aylmer

Felix Aylmer

Mr. Boon

Joyce Bland

Joyce Bland

Nurse Sharp

Percy Parsons

Percy Parsons

Mr. Stillman

Dilys Davies

Dilys Davies

Mrs. Page

Basil Gill

Basil Gill

Doctor Page

Joss Ambler

Joss Ambler

Dr. A.H. Llewellyn

Cameron Hall

Cameron Hall

Man Who Buys Microscope (uncredited)

Bryan Herbert

Bryan Herbert

Husband Whose Wife Has Typhoid (uncredited)