The Doctor's Dilemma Page #4

Synopsis: Mrs. Dubedat loves and idolizes her artist husband, Louis, but he is dying of tuberculosis. She goes to a doctor and convinces him to save her husband. The doctor can keep only so many patients, and must choose who is worth saving, but is convinced that Louis' artistic talents make him worthy. But when he and several colleague meet Louis, they discover that he is in fact a smooth-talking money-grabbing scoundrel. They also learn that he has another wife, whom he has abandoned. So, the doctor has a problem: should he let Louis die, leaving Mrs. Dubedat with her idealized image, or save him and his artistic talents, but force her to face his bigamy and other flaws?
 
IMDB:
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Year:
1958
99 min
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They are happy to help someone

whose star is rising.

If they did not like

it, they did not come.

How wonderful that you are there.

Do not pay attention to the

mess, it is just a studio.

We'll manage it, thanks to Jennifer.

How nice that you are there, Doctor.

Come in.

I have to go now.

I will hear the results later.

Do you prefer that I stay.

Welnee.

What are you looking seriously?

Nothing bad is going to happen?

She has been looking

forward to your visit.

She loves you.

She has no one to talk to.

I am always painting.

This is for a painting that will be

called 'Death and the girl'. Nice.

What do you think of this? A sketch

that I made of her yesterday.

She showed him two weeks ago.

Really? Dear heaven.

Time flies.

I thought it was just finished.

She sees that the work is accumulating.

Next year I will sell more,

after my exhibition.

As the grass grows,

the seed hungers.

It is terrible that I

can not give her money.

But what should I do?

What are you saying about this?

I do not come for drawings,

but for urgent matters.

You want to look at my lung, but

we mainly have money problems.

I do not care, but

Jennifer does.

She must cut down on food.

You behave like a friend.

Do you want to lend us 150?

- Why not?

- I am not rich.

All my money goes to research.

You want it back, you mean?

That is usually with a loan.

That works, I'll give you a check.

For you there is also something in,

you get a check of 200 pounds.

Then collect yourself.

That is not possible, I am already red.

Then you have to come to the

money in a different way.

- So you refuse?

- Of course, man.

You will not get anything. Your wife can

borrow something, but you ruin everything.

If you like her, you

should do the following...

Your patients can buy my work.

Or you give me some assignments.

I am their doctor, not

their art broker.

But you have authority.

You know a lot about them.

Personal things.

Things they prefer to keep for themselves.

You refuse them nothing.

Well do you ever.

I'm just here and he wants

to lend me 150 pounds.

I have to extort my patients

to have their portraits made.

That was confidential.

This is in all confidentiality.

No worries. We all think

you are a fascinating guy.

Just sit somewhere.

You just sit on the throne.

Upwards.

I think you're nicer there.

I get a pillow.

- Are you enjoying?

- Hell yes.

Can I take your hat?

You sit on this, you

will like that.

Can I return my cigarette case?

Which?

The golden one I lent you.

Was that yours?

I'm sorry about that, dude.

I wondered who it was from.

I only have this yet.

Oh no, that's yours.

A ticket from the pawnshop.

This is valid for one year.

I'm so sorry.

That makes you even more fascinating.

First you have to pay me back.

Not only you. I get a seat.

You do not leave before you pay,

if necessary you give an advance.

You do not light up my guests.

I fell for it.

They have money, but

poor Blenkinsop is poor.

He must have that half-crown

back, and that's yours.

That is the least.

Kalm. Of course I pay.

Well done. Butter with the fish.

I did not know he was broke.

I am as shocked as you are.

I give the money.

Unfortunately I now have

nothing in my pocket.

Can I borrow half a

crown to solve this?

Otherwise, Blenkinsop will not

get anything. You can search me.

I believe you.

I am glad that that is out of the world.

I hope you are satisfied.

Not quite.

Do you know a young

woman named Minnie?

Yes, I know that. She knows me too.

A nice girl.

What has become of her?

You do not have to bluff.

We have seen the marriage certificate.

Really? And Jennifer's too?

Do you mean that you

live together unmarried?

Why not?

Yes, so many people do.

Decent people, just like you.

Think before you get excited about

something you do not understand.

I want to draw you.

You look silly.

Especially you, Ridgeon.

- Well, I got you pretty.

- How?

You like Jennifer,

but you hate me.

I despise you.

You think she's bad because

you think I said that.

What did you say?

I asked if you had seen her deed.

You thought she did not.

You do not know what a lady is.

What does that mean?

I am an immoral artist.

If you said she was unmarried, I had

the feeling and the instinct...

that she radiated the

marriage state completely.

You are virtuous. She is only

an artist woman, a model.

You suspect others of

unmarried cohabitation.

Are not you ashamed?

Can you look me straight

in the eye after this?

That is not easy, you

are all brutality.

What about Minnie?

Minnie Tinwell has been

very happy for three weeks.

That is more than most girls

in their entire lives.

Ask her if she would say no now.

She belonged to me.

She is a page in my biography.

Collectors pay very quickly

for my sketches of her.

Not crazy for a chambermaid

of a hotel by the sea.

What did you do for her?

We did not leave her.

You would not dare that. Anyway,

I did not let her down.

We have made our money.

Her money, you mean.

Our money, hers and mine.

Her money was so up.

I immediately had to borrow money for her.

I did not get embittered. When the

money ran out, we were fed up.

We would not have

kept it any longer.

I am an artist. She has no

feeling for that kind of thing.

But I did not let her

down, nothing of it.

I have no gossip for you.

We said:
The money is gone.

It had been nice. She became a

maid again and I went to France.

After two years I met Jennifer.

And you did bigamy.

Why do you think moralists

in police terms?

Did she know that you were already married?

Of course not.

Then everything was ruined for her.

I had to think about her self-esteem.

What should we do now?

Do what you want.

Question Minnie, throw me in the cell.

Jennifer is dying of shame.

Then you can feel a whole

boss in the church.

He's got us.

Can he just defy the law?

Minnie has nothing to do with the

law and his wife just suffers.

Put the law out of your head.

Turn your head a bit further.

No, that's too far.

Put your pencil down and

think of your situation.

You can ignore worldly

laws, but one day you die.

All of us.

Not all within half a year.

How do you know that?

I'm done with it.

Death is a tasteless subject

under all circumstances.

You do not deal with doctors like that.

I do not allow this, do you understand me?

I did not start

about it, you did.

So are people with

unarticulate professions.

You only have one trump card

and that is intimidation.

I'm not a coward,

so I'm not with it.

You're a schobbejak.

That does not bother me.

You do not even know what that means.

What is a schobbejak?

That's you.

What is that? It's me.

That is just a circular argument.

Are you a man of science?

I'm really looking forward

to taking a good graze.

Do good. It costs you a

lot to get no burden.

You know how we think about you now.

You are wrong.

I am not a criminal.

I have nothing to moralize, I

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Anatole de Grunwald

Anatole "Tolly" de Grunwald (25 December 1910 – 13 January 1967) was a Russian-born British film producer and screenwriter. more…

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