Should a Doctor Tell? (1930 film) explained

Should a Doctor Tell?
Producer:	S.W. Smith
Studio:	British Lion Film Corporation
Distributor:	British Lion Film Corporation
Runtime:	52 minutes
Country:	United Kingdom

Should a Doctor Tell? is a 1930 British drama film directed by H. Manning Haynes and starring Basil Gill, Norah Baring and Maurice Evans.^[1] The screenplay concerns a doctor who agonises over whether to tell his son that the woman he is marrying is pregnant by another man, which would mean breaking the hypocratic oath.

It was produced as a quota quickie at Beaconsfield Studios by British Lion.^[2]

Cast

• Basil Gill as Dr. Bruce Smith
• Norah Baring as Joan Murray
• Maurice Evans as Roger Smith
• Gladys Jennings as The wife
• Anna Neagle as Muriel Ashton
• A. G. Poulton as Judge
• Harvey Braban as Prosecution

Bibliography

• Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20090114163543/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/50543 "Should a Doctor Tell?", BFI.
2. Chibnall p.262