
Two pathologists -- a veteran department head (Fredric March) whose perspective has been shaped by years of red tape and day-to-day frustrations, and his new assistant (Ben Gazarra), a young, somewhat aggressive man who is more up-to-date but who lacks his colleague's personal touch -- clash in a small hospital's lab. The gulf between their approaches is dramatically illustrated by two critical cases that both are intimately involved in.... (Full plot summary below)
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Two pathologists -- a veteran department head (Fredric March) whose perspective has been shaped by years of red tape and day-to-day frustrations, and his new assistant (Ben Gazarra), a young, somewhat aggressive man who is more up-to-date but who lacks his colleague's personal touch -- clash in a small hospital's lab. The gulf between their approaches is dramatically illustrated by two critical cases that both are intimately involved in.
Leave your thoughts about The Young Doctors.
| Classic Film and TelevisionMichael E. GrostHarrowing hospital drama has some medical insights, but is grim and terrifying. |
| The SpectatorIsabel QuiglyIt's too rich, too plummy a mixture for artistic translation, and although some genius might make us take to heart the agonies and excitements, in the ordinary way they simply provide an enjoyable off-reality, realism at a suspect level. |
| User ReviewEvans RVery great movie. Stellar performances by Ben Gazzara and Fredric March. Music is unbelievable by Elmer Bernstein. Hard to find. Get it from the Video Beat. |
| User ReviewLee MIt's an entertaining little melodrama. |