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Should a Doctor Tell? (1930 film)

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'Should a Doctor Tell?' is a 1930 British drama film directed by H. Manning Haynes and starring Basil Gill, Norah Baring and Maurice Evans.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090114163543/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/50543 "Should a Doctor Tell?", BFI.] The screenplay concerns a doctor who agonises over whether to tell his son that the woman he is marrying is pregnant by another man, which would mean breaking the hypocratic oath.

It was produced as a quota quickie at Beaconsfield Studios by British Lion.Chibnall p.262

Cast



* Basil Gill as Dr. Bruce Smith

* Norah Baring as Joan Murray

* Maurice Evans as Roger Smith

* Gladys Jennings as The wife

* Anna Neagle as Muriel Ashton

* A. G. Poulton as Judge

* Harvey Braban as Prosecution

References



Bibliography



* Chibnall, Steve. 'Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film'. British Film Institute, 2007.

* Low, Rachael. 'Filmmaking in 1930s Britain'. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.

* Wood, Linda. 'British Films, 1927-1939'. British Film Institute, 1986.


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