Paul Muni is outstanding in this one as the lead, a Stubborn Doctor, General Practioner, whose life is his patients. He gets excellent support with a great cast. David Wayne is particularly outstanding as the last angry television producer who feels a responsibility to what he puts on the air- the truth. It is the best role I have seen from Wayne besides Inspector Richard Queen on TV series Ellery Queen.
While the script, taken from a real book about the type of doctor that no longer existed in 1959 (much less now), does get a little soapy towards the end, the handling of the script, the direction, and the cast make you care about the story and pulled me as the viewer in deeply into wanting that last angry man to succeed. It is a story in which it was not intended to make Patrick Wayne's character a rare television producer but the actor is more than up to the task.
Munis doctor is just what any patient would order and almost never get though I think a Doctor who had been in a long term relationship with his profession would feel like this one. Kudos to Luther Adler as Dr Max Vogel who is excellent in support and game show staple Betsy Palmer and Billy Dee Williams (much better here than in Earthquake). Daniel Mann's Direction here is outstanding in how he takes a talented cast and puts together a fine film.
While the script, taken from a real book about the type of doctor that no longer existed in 1959 (much less now), does get a little soapy towards the end, the handling of the script, the direction, and the cast make you care about the story and pulled me as the viewer in deeply into wanting that last angry man to succeed. It is a story in which it was not intended to make Patrick Wayne's character a rare television producer but the actor is more than up to the task.
Munis doctor is just what any patient would order and almost never get though I think a Doctor who had been in a long term relationship with his profession would feel like this one. Kudos to Luther Adler as Dr Max Vogel who is excellent in support and game show staple Betsy Palmer and Billy Dee Williams (much better here than in Earthquake). Daniel Mann's Direction here is outstanding in how he takes a talented cast and puts together a fine film.