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)