A. J. Cronin
Scottish novelist (1896-1981) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 84
Archibald Joseph Cronin (Cronogue) (19 July 1896 - 6 January 1981) was a Scottish physician and novelist.
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Emlyn Williams Also in The Citadel and The Stars Look Down- Victor Saville Directed The Green Years (1946)
Isadore Goldsmith Produced The Stars Look Down and Hatter's Castle
Joseph L. Mankiewicz Produced The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
George Stevens Directed Vigil in the Night (1940)
Carol Reed Directed The Stars Look Down (1940)
King Vidor Directed The Citadel (1938)
Irving Cummings Directed Grand Canary (1934)
Jack Cardiff Directed Web of Evidence (1959)
Peggy Ann Garner A. J. Cronin wrote Beyond This Place
John M. Stahl Directed The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)- Cecil Parker Also in The Citadel and The Stars Look Down
Rosalie Crutchley Also in The Spanish Gardener and Web of Evidence
Paul Bogart Directed The Citadel (1960)- Henry Oscar Also in Hatter's Castle and Web of Evidence
- Tatsumi Kumashiro Directed Faraway Tomorrow (1979)
- Lance Comfort Directed Hatter's Castle (1942)
Philip Leacock Directed The Spanish Gardener (1956)
John Bryan Produced The Spanish Gardener (1956)
Earl St. John Produced The Spanish Gardener (1956)
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His best-known novel is The Citadel (1937), about a Scottish physician who serves in a Welsh mining village before achieving success in London, where he becomes disillusioned about the venality and incompetence of some doctors. Cronin knew both areas, as a medical inspector of mines and as a physician in Harley Street. The book exposed unfairness and malpractice in British medicine and helped to inspire the National Health Service.
