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Secrets of a doctor as told by a doctor!
Young, idealistic, newly qualified Scottish doctor Andrew Manson arrives in Wales and 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 poorly, 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.Read moreLess
Young, idealistic, newly qualified Scottish doctor Andrew Manson arrives in Wales and 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 poorly, 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.
The story
Young, idealistic, newly qualified Scottish doctor Andrew Manson arrives in Wales and 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 poorly, 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 & crew
Robert DonatDr. Andrew Manson
Rosalind RussellChristine Manson
Ralph RichardsonDr. Philip Denny
Rex HarrisonDr. Frederick Lawford
Emlyn WilliamsOwen
Penelope Dudley-WardToppy LeRoy
Mary ClareMrs. Orlando
Cecil ParkerDr. Charles Every
Nora SwinburneMrs. Thornton
Edward ChapmanJoe Morgan
Athene SeylerLady RaebankExplore the crew
- Director
- King Vidor
- Screenplay
- Frank Wead
- Screenplay
- Ian Dalrymple
- Screenplay
- Elizabeth Hill
- Director of Photography
- Harry Stradling Sr.
- Original Music Composer
- Louis Levy
- Producer
- Victor Saville
- Editor
- Charles Frend