Doctor Bull

1933 · comedy · drama · romance · Fox Film Corporation · Fox Film Corporation

Title: Doctor Bull Summary: Doc Bull, a no-nonsense country doctor who has served his community for decades, fights small-town prejudice and provincialism in several crises. Directed by: John Ford Actors: Will Rogers, Marian Nixon, Vera Allen Production Company: Fox Film Corporation Release Date: 22 September 1933 (USA) Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1 Dr. Bull is an old-fashioned country doctor whose affair with the widow Janet Cardmaker is creating waves in the small town where he practices. When there is a mysterious outbreak of typhoid which the doctor is slow in reacting to, it all comes to a head. The townspeople hold an emergency meeting and decide to give Dr. Bull the sack and bring in a new doctor. Dr. Bull must find a way to save his job, his reputation, and a young man's life, whom all other practitioners have written off as a permanent invalid.