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.
The Citadel has generally received positive reviews.
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The Citadel was released in 1938 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 13 reviews, giving The Citadel (1938) an average rating of 68%.
Overall, film critics marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 80%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 76%.
With a score of 68%, The Citadel is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1938, which stands at 61%.
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