For a long time, Thomas Mitchell has been the only doctor in town. He's getting on in years, so he takes on an associate in Dan O'Herlihy. O'Herlihy is a brilliant doctor with all the latest techniques, but he annoys Laraine Day, his nurse and Mitchell's niece, so much she quits.
Andrew Stone's entry in SCREEN DIRECTORS PLAYHOUSE is a study in new versus old, in science versus sympathy, and in rather broad acting. Stone was a Hollywood auteur before LES CAHIERS DE CINEMA thought of the word, and usually a very canny one, whose work covered a wide range, from comedy through thrillers. After a third of a century of success, he sank himself with two musicals in a row after they had gone severely out of style. He died in 1999 at the age of 96.
Andrew Stone's entry in SCREEN DIRECTORS PLAYHOUSE is a study in new versus old, in science versus sympathy, and in rather broad acting. Stone was a Hollywood auteur before LES CAHIERS DE CINEMA thought of the word, and usually a very canny one, whose work covered a wide range, from comedy through thrillers. After a third of a century of success, he sank himself with two musicals in a row after they had gone severely out of style. He died in 1999 at the age of 96.
