The Doctor's Dilemma (1958)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Anthony Asquith

Writers:

George Bernard Shaw (play)
Anatole de Grunwald (screenplay)

Release Date:

January 1959 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

Mrs. Dubedat loves and idolizes her artist husband, Louis, but he is dying of tuberculosis. She goes to a doctor and convinces him to save her husband...

Plot Keywords:

Artist | Tuberculosis | Medical | Based On Play

Cast

Leslie Caron	...	Mrs. Dubedat
Dirk Bogarde	...	Louis Dubedat
Alastair Sim	...	Cutler Walpole
Robert Morley	...	Sir Ralph Bloomfield-Bonington
John Robinson	...	Sir Colenso Ridgeon
Felix Aylmer	...	Sir Patrick Cullen
Michael Gwynn	...	Dr. Blenkinsop
Maureen Delaney	...	Emmy
Alec McCowen	...	Redpenny
Colin Gordon	...	Newspaper Man
Gwenda Ewen	...	Minnie
Terence Alexander	...	Mr. Lanchester
Derek Prentice	...	Head Waiter
Peter Sallis	...	Secretary at Picture Gallery
Clifford Buckton	...	Butcher

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #19065)

Filming Locations:

MGM British Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Company:

De Grunwald Productions

Trivia:

It was once rumored, nearly two decades before, that a film version, produced by Gabriel Pascal would have had Leslie Howard and Wendy Hiller (the stars of Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion (1938)) playing the lead roles.

A Pleasant Distraction

Dr Maurice Evans must choose between treating a good, simple country doctor or a painter and scoundrel whose wife seems appealing. The Dr.'s colleagues are hilarious, and there's a beautiful scene in a greenhouse for which Anthony Asquith and Cecil Beaton should be praised.