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On Call to a Nation

19581h 12mMovieDramaDocumentary

Casting real doctors instead of actors, this film uses scripted scenarios and interviews to see the National Health Service through their eyes. The documentary also shows that there is still division among doctors as to whether the NHS was a sound idea in the first place.

DirectorRichard Cawston

WriterRichard Cawston

ProducerRichard Cawston

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Cast · Directed by Richard Cawston

Colin Wills

Commentary (voice)

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On Call to a Nation hasn't started streaming in United Kingdom yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around December 10, 1958. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.