Top billed cast

1. 

   Leslie Caron

   Mrs. Dubedat

2. 

   Dirk Bogarde

   Louis Dubedat

3. 

   Alastair Sim

   Cutler Walpole

4. 

   Robert Morley

   Sir Ralph Bloomfield-Bonington

5. 

   John Robinson

   Sir Colenso Ridgeon

6. 

   Felix Aylmer

   Sir Patrick Cullen

7. 

   Michael Gwynn

   Dr. Blenkinsop

8. 

   Maureen Delaney

   Emmy

9. 

   Alec McCowen

   Redpenny

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Reviews

A review by barrymost

Written by barrymost on 2022-10-25

G.B. Shaw does not disappoint! Some may find this adaptation of Shaw's stage play rather slow, talky, and even boring. True, its stage roots are very evident, but the discriminating viewer (or film connoisseur, if you're like me) will find much to appreciate.

Brilliant young artist Louis Dubedat (Dirk Bogarde) suffers from bad luck, bad income, and bad health. When he starts coughing up a lung, his devoted wife (Leslie Caron) approaches a recently knighted doctor who claims to have a cure for TB. But the doctor has a limit as to how many patients he can cure, and so he gathers three of his...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• dying and death
• husband wife relationship
• moral ambiguity
• artist
• painter
• based on play or musical
• doctor
• tuberculosis
• medical drama