The Doctor's Dilemma (MOD) "4 for 44"

The Doctor's Dilemma (MOD) "4 for 44"Adapted from the play by George Bernard Shaw and directed by one of Shaw's foremost film interpreters, Anthony Asquith (Pygmalion), The Doctor's Dilemma fizzeswith wit and bites with intelligence. The story takes a swing at the pomposity of the medical establishment as it follows a doctor who has the resources to cure just one patient: either a kindly, penniless fellow physician or a brilliant, unscrupulous artist. A complication: the doctor falls for

run off with his mistress (Nicole Maurey) and dispose of his gullible double

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With first-rate stars

Directed by Robert Florey

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The Slams also features a rare movie score from legendary Broadway arranger Luther Henderson

This time capsule of a film fascinates not just for its mirror on the `60s

a Roman officer whose duty in the Empire's eastern territory leads him to discover he is the son of the renowned slave hero

a circus acrobat and a Samurai swordsman

Ned Beatty ("Roseanne")

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Royle reads the lips of a troubled young couple and realizes other people suffer - and that he has the resources to help them