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The Doctor's Dilemma is a 1958 British comedy-drama film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Leslie Caron, Dirk Bogarde, Alastair Sim, and Robert Morley. It is based on the 1906 play The Doctor's Dilemma by George Bernard Shaw. [2]
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The Doctor's Dilemma. A single doctor about to be awarded a knighthood for his claim of curing tuberculosis is infatuated by a woman's beauty and charm, promising to save her husband's life, only to change his mind after discovering the man's immoral character.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Anthony Asquith
- 1959-01
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"The Doctor's Dilemma" is talky, especially in the beginning, but stick with it. It's not the best adaptation of Shaw for the screen that you'll ever see, but the performances make it worth it, and it's a thought-provoking movie.
At first you're charmed by the period piece look of the film by Anthony Asquith but you're soon taken in by the Shavian dialogue and odd humor. Four doctors face a serious dilemma when the beautiful wife of a TB-stricken artist begs one of them to cure her brilliant, but amoral, husband.
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Extended discussion between doctors begins the film and things liven up with the arrival of Caron, who seeks treatment for a very sick husband (Bogarde). One prominent physician promises to cure the young man, but when he learns troubling things about him he changes his mind,…
