The Doctor's Dilemma

The Doctor's Dilemma

6.5IMDb Score
Released:1959-01-01
Duration:99 min
Director:Anthony Asquith
Actors:Leslie Caron, Dirk Bogarde, Alastair Sim, Robert Morley, John Robinson
Production:De Grunwald Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios

Overview:

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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