
Andrew Manson, a young, idealistic, newly qualified Scottish doctor arrives in Wales takes his first job in a mining town, and begins to wonder at the persistent cough many of the miners have. When his attempts to prove its cause are thwarted, he moves to London. His new practice does badly. But when a friend shows him how to make a lucrative practice from rich hypochondriacs, it will take a great shock to show him what the truth of being a doctor really is.

as Dr. Andrew Manson

as Christine Manson

as Dr. Philip Denny

as Dr. Frederick Lawford

as Owen

as Toppy LeRoy

as Ben Chenkin

as Mrs. Orlando

as Dr. Charles Every

as Mrs. Thornton

as Joe Morgan

as Lady Raebank

as Mr. Boon

as Nurse Sharp

as Mr. Stillman

as Mrs. Page

as Doctor Page

as Dr. A.H. Llewellyn

as Man Who Buys Microscope (uncredited)

as Husband Whose Wife Has Typhoid (uncredited)

as Mr. Wickes (uncredited)

as Nurse Assisting at Childbirth (uncredited)

as Jack the Pharmacist (uncredited)

as District Nurse (uncredited)

as Tom Evans (uncredited)

as Medical Aid Society Committee Member (uncredited)

as Girl (uncredited)

as Doctor (uncredited)

as Miner (uncredited)

as Evan Lewis (uncredited)

as Old Thomas (uncredited)