The Citadel (film)
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| Directed by | King Vidor |
| Produced by | Victor Saville |
| Written by | A. J. Cronin (novel) Ian Dalrymple Frank Wead |
| Starring | Robert Donat Rosalind Russell Ralph Richardson Rex Harrison |
| Music by | Louis Levy Charles Williams |
| Cinematography | Harry Stradling |
| Editing by | Charles Frend |
| Studio | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Denham Studios |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | 3 November 1938 |
| Running time | 110 min. |
| 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.
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[edit] Plot
Robert Donat stars as the idealistic newly-qualified Scottish doctor, Andrew Manson, who is dedicated to treating Welsh miners suffering from tuberculosis. Initially, he is full of lofty scientific goals, though his purpose erodes when he later moves to London to treat rich hypochondriacs. Rosalind Russell stars as Christine, his wife, who tries to set him back on the original path. Ralph Richardson plays Manson's best friend, Dr. Philip Denny, and Rex Harrison appears in one of his first screen roles as Freddie Hampton.
[edit] Awards
The film was nominated for Oscars in 4 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.
[edit] Miscellaneous
The plot of The Citadel was reshuffled and simplified for the 1953 Columbia Pictures film, Bad for Each Other, starring Charlton Heston and Lizabeth Scott. In the 1953 film, Heston plays a doctor who forgoes treating miners in Coalsville, Pennsylvania in order to become a highly-paid society doctor in Pittsburgh. The mine-rescue sequence in Bad for Each Other is near-identical to the equivalent sequence in The Citadel.
[edit] Cast
- Robert Donat as Dr. Andrew Manson
- Rosalind Russell as Christine Barlow
- Ralph Richardson as Dr. Philip Denny
- Rex Harrison as Freddie Hampton
- Emlyn Williams as Mr. Owen
- Penelope Dudley Ward as Toppy LeRoy
- Francis L. Sullivan as Ben Chenkin
- Mary Clare as Mrs. Orlando
- Cecil Parker as Charles Every
- Percy Parsons as Richard Stillman
- Basil Gill as Dr. Edward Page
- Dilys Davis as Blodwen Page
- Joss Ambler as Dr. Llewellyn
- Nora Swinburne as Mrs. Thornton
- Edward Chapman as Joe Morgan
- Athene Seyler as Lady Raebank
- Felix Aylmer as Mr. Boon
- Elliott Mason as District Nurse
- Joyce Bland as Nurse Sharp
- Eliot Makeham as Dai Jenkins
- D.J. Williams as Old Thomas
[edit] External links
- BBC Wales Arts article
- The Citadel at Turner Classic Movies (trailer)
- TCM article
- Britmovie website
- Variety review
- New York Times overview
- Literature, Arts, and Medicine Database entry
- The Citadel at the Internet Movie Database
- The Citadel at AllRovi
- British Film Institute: The Ultimate Film List
- Article about Cronin and the NHS
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- British films
- English-language films
- 1938 films
- Black-and-white films
- Denham films
- 1930s drama films
- Films based on novels
- Films directed by King Vidor
- Films set in Wales
- Films set in London
- Films set in the 1920s
- Films set in the 1930s
- Medical ethics
- Healthcare reform
- Medical-themed films
- Films about health care
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
- Films shot in the United Kingdom
- Films based on works by A. J. Cronin
- Healthcare in the United Kingdom
- Romantic drama films
