Doctor Bull | |
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Directed by | John Ford |
Written by | James Gould Cozzens Paul Green Philip Klein Jane Storm |
Produced by | Winfield R. Sheehan |
Starring | Will Rogers Vera Allen |
Cinematography | George Schneiderman |
Edited by | Louis R. Loeffler |
Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
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Running time | 77 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Doctor Bull is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by John Ford, [1] [2] based on the James Gould Cozzens novel The Last Adam . Will Rogers portrays a small-town doctor who must deal with a typhoid outbreak in the community.
The film was well praised by The New York Times , which noted that the story is similar to that of Lionel Barrymore's film One Man's Journey when it premiered at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City. [3] Andy Devine met his future wife during the making of this picture. The film was one of Fox's biggest hits of the year. [4]
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