A courtroom drama in which a man's mental condition is brought into question.
Dr. Charles Greyson (played by Houseley Stevenson) Is the head physician for a small private firm in an American Midwestern town. He was asked to perform a cranial operation on a young boy.
The surgery has a low survival rate and no surgeon is willing to take the risk. faced with the possibility that the young boy may die without the operation and the fact that he's the only one willing to attempt, the doctor pulls himself out of retirement and goes back into surgery one last time.
The operation is a success and the doctor is congratulated on a job well done. His assistant comments that his hands are living Miracles and are true gift from God. Dr. Greyson reflects on this statement and conceives that maybe he could do more.
He looks upon his medical skills as a reward given to him by God.
It was during a sermon when his local Minister had preached the importance of Christian sharing,
that an idea formulated within the good doctor mind and gave him the inspiration to not only give a sizable investment to the Church so that may further its goals of successful Christian missions abroad. But he also opened up a large checking account entitled 'Charlie' in which he would give sums of money to people he deems deserving of it. So they may get out of desperate or problematic situations.
However this vast spending did not go unnoticed. His nephew Bert Grayson thought that his uncle had finally snapped. Now he's taking him to court to prove to a jury and to the judicial system that Doctor Greyson is not sound of mind and should be relieved of his estate.
The operation is a success and the doctor is congratulated on a job well done. His assistant comments that his hands are living Miracles and are true gift from God. Dr. Greyson reflects on this statement and conceives that maybe he could do more.
He looks upon his medical skills as a reward given to him by God.
It was during a sermon when his local Minister had preached the importance of Christian sharing,
that an idea formulated within the good doctor mind and gave him the inspiration to not only give a sizable investment to the Church so that may further its goals of successful Christian missions abroad. But he also opened up a large checking account entitled 'Charlie' in which he would give sums of money to people he deems deserving of it. So they may get out of desperate or problematic situations.
However this vast spending did not go unnoticed. His nephew Bert Grayson thought that his uncle had finally snapped. Now he's taking him to court to prove to a jury and to the judicial system that Doctor Greyson is not sound of mind and should be relieved of his estate.
The majority of the film is Dr. Grayson along of his attorney trying to prove that his mental faculties are not only sane but that his motives for his large spending where purely beneficial to the community.
Which becomes increasingly difficult when Dr. Grayson is reluctant to challenge the accusers jury.
The film starts out in such a way as to make you think that Doctor Grayson is either insane or possibly a religious fanatic. When I first watched it I thought he was actually a priest who is being accused of stealing money from the community or trying to push some overly religious Dogma down some unsuspecting person's throat. But as the film goes on and you see things from both points of view you get a more clear picture of what's actually happening. You discover that the whole thing is a light-hearted misunderstanding and where even his nephews not seen necessarily as a bad man but maybe just an ignorant one.
despite the film's religious angle it's never shown that one spiritual ideas somehow better than another
You don't get ''that scene'' that you would see in some courtroom dramas based around religion where God himself or an angel would appear before the crowd of people to prove that the religious man was right all along. In fact there's no proof that God even exists in this world. It's just people trying to live by their own ideas and using the religious background is a type of foundation for that.
Well there is one point at the very end after the case is dismissed where the darkened Skies outside clear up and one could see this as God bringing light to a good day but that's speculation at best.
most of the movie is what I'd class as a ''feel-good film''. You go through the light-hearted adventure and antics of one particular gentleman discovering that he can do more good with his vast wealth by giving it to those with need. Really it's just a small movie trying to teach you about the goodness of sharing (mainly from a Christian point of view but even without the Christian overtone it could still be seen as a positive message all the same.)
personally I don't think the man has to try very hard. Sure he has money to give but he's a surgeon and a darn good one that that he's most likely already paid his dues to society long ago. Unless there's some second part of the story we never heard about what he overcharged all his clientele but given everybody's general attitude towards him, I just can't see that being the case.
It's a nice little film to watch and it's only an hour long so it doesn't eat up any real time and it never gets bogged down in any pointless drama or drawn-out scenes.
Which becomes increasingly difficult when Dr. Grayson is reluctant to challenge the accusers jury.
The film starts out in such a way as to make you think that Doctor Grayson is either insane or possibly a religious fanatic. When I first watched it I thought he was actually a priest who is being accused of stealing money from the community or trying to push some overly religious Dogma down some unsuspecting person's throat. But as the film goes on and you see things from both points of view you get a more clear picture of what's actually happening. You discover that the whole thing is a light-hearted misunderstanding and where even his nephews not seen necessarily as a bad man but maybe just an ignorant one.
despite the film's religious angle it's never shown that one spiritual ideas somehow better than another
You don't get ''that scene'' that you would see in some courtroom dramas based around religion where God himself or an angel would appear before the crowd of people to prove that the religious man was right all along. In fact there's no proof that God even exists in this world. It's just people trying to live by their own ideas and using the religious background is a type of foundation for that.
Well there is one point at the very end after the case is dismissed where the darkened Skies outside clear up and one could see this as God bringing light to a good day but that's speculation at best.
most of the movie is what I'd class as a ''feel-good film''. You go through the light-hearted adventure and antics of one particular gentleman discovering that he can do more good with his vast wealth by giving it to those with need. Really it's just a small movie trying to teach you about the goodness of sharing (mainly from a Christian point of view but even without the Christian overtone it could still be seen as a positive message all the same.)
personally I don't think the man has to try very hard. Sure he has money to give but he's a surgeon and a darn good one that that he's most likely already paid his dues to society long ago. Unless there's some second part of the story we never heard about what he overcharged all his clientele but given everybody's general attitude towards him, I just can't see that being the case.
It's a nice little film to watch and it's only an hour long so it doesn't eat up any real time and it never gets bogged down in any pointless drama or drawn-out scenes.
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