The Doctor's Dilemma (1958)
Directed by Anthony Asquith
Genres - Comedy, Drama |
Sub-Genres - Medical Drama, Psychological Drama |
Release Date - Dec 17, 1958 (USA - Unknown), Jan 1, 1959 (USA) |
Run Time - 99 min. |
Countries - United Kingdom |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
This film adaptation of Bernard Shaw's 1903 comedy/drama stars Dirk Bogarde, which might have led some impressionable viewers to assume that Doctor's Dilemma was merely the latest installment in Bogarde's "Doctor in the House" series. Bogarde plays a rakish artist who falls victim to consumption. Leslie Caron is his lovely wife, who will not face up to Bogarde's indiscretions. Rather than watch her husband die, Caron begs a doctor to utilize a revolutionary new serum on Bogarde. With the serum in short supply, the doctor is faced with his dilemma: should he save the life of the "worthless" Bogarde, or hold out until a more deserving patient comes along?
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artist, doctor/nurse, ethics, gigolo, husband, indiscretion, life-choices, love, serum, tuberculosis, dilemma, life, play [recreation], wife
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