The Citadel (film)

The Citadel
Directed by King Vidor
Produced by Victor Saville
Screenplay by Ian Dalrymple
Frank Wead
Elizabeth Hill
Emlyn Williams
Based on The Citadel
1937 novel 
by A. J. Cronin
Starring Robert Donat
Rosalind Russell
Ralph Richardson
Rex Harrison
Music by Louis Levy
Charles Williams
Cinematography Harry Stradling
Edited by Charles Frend
Production
company
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dates
  • 3 November 1938 (1938-11-03)
Running time
 110 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Budget $1,012,000
Box office $987,000 (Domestic earnings)
$1,611,000 (Foreign earnings)

The Citadel (1938) is a British film based on the novel of the same name by A. J. Cronin, first published in 1937. The film was directed by King Vidor and produced by Victor Saville at Denham Studios, with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer distributing the film in the UK and the US.

Plot

Dr. Andrew Manson (Robert Donat) is an idealistic newly qualified Scottish doctor dedicated to treating the Welsh miners suffering from tuberculosis in the Welsh mining village of Blaenely and is an apprentice to Dr. Page (Basil Gill). Initially, he has many lofty scientific goals, but his purpose erodes when he later moves to London to treat rich hypochondriacs. There, chance encounter with a medical school friend Dr. Frederick Lawford (Rex Harrison) leads to his quiet seduction by an unethical medical establishment. Christine (Rosalind Russell), his wife tries to set him back on the original path. Dr. Philip Denny (Ralph Richardson), Manson's best friend, dies at the hands of an incompetent, social-climbing surgeon.

Cast

Awards

The film was nominated for Oscars in four categories: Best Picture, Best Actor (Robert Donat), Direction, and Adapted Screenplay.

The film won the Best Picture Award from both the New York Film Critics Circle and the National Board of Review. It is a New York Times Critics' Pick and is also listed in The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made.

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