The Citadel

About The Citadel

The Citadel is a 1960 American television film adaptation of A. J. Cronin's 1937 novel The Citadel. It was written by Dale Wasserman and directed by Paul Bogart. It starred James Donald as Dr. Manson and Ann Blyth as Christine Barlow.

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Other television versions of The Citadel include two British serials (1960 and 1983), and two Italian adaptations (1964 and 2003).

Cast

Ann Blyth as Christine Barlow

Lloyd Bochner as Freddie Parker

Torin Thatcher as Sir Robert Abbey

James Donald as Dr. Andrew Manson

Larry Gates as Richard Stillman

Hugh Griffith as Philip Denny

Carroll O'Connor as Dr. Llewellyn

Liam Redmond as Ben Chenkin

George Rose as Owen

Francis Compton as William Boon

Anthony Dawson as Charles Ivory

Joan White as Mrs. Page

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Notable quotes

“The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina: Founded in 1842 in Charleston, The Citadel graduated 6 Confederate general officers, 49 field-grade officers (colonels and majors), and 120 company-grade officers (captains and lieutenants).”
— Alan Axelrod, Armies North, Armies South: The Military Forces of the Civil War Compared and Contrasted (2022), Essex: Lyons Press, paperback, p. 24
“Here is what The Boo loved more than The Citadel - nothing, nothing on this Earth. The sun rose on Lesesne Gate and it set on the marshes of the Ashley River and its main job was to keep the parade grounds green. He once told me that a cadet was nothing but a bum, like you, Conroy. But a Corps of Cadets was the most beautiful thing in the world.”
— Pat Conroy, The Citadel Class of 1967, speaking at the 3 May 2006 funeral of former Assistant Commandant of Cadets at The Citadel and Citadel graduate Thomas Nugent Courvousie, nicknamed "The Boo" by cadets.
“A Cadet Does Not Lie, Cheat, Or Steal, Nor Tolerate Those Who Do.”
— Honor Code of The Citadel

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