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Summary

A young doctor gives up big-city success to help his father set up a small-town clinic.

Details

Release Date: September 6, 1940

Runtime: 79 minutes

Genres: Drama

Rating: 6.8/10 (7 votes)


Dr. Kildare Collection

  • Young Dr. Kildare

    Young Dr. Kildare

    A medical school graduate takes an internship at a big city hospital, only to be subjected to a rigorous (and sometimes embarrassing) testing of his knowledge by the hospital's top dog, Dr. Leonard Gillespie.

  • Dr. Kildare Goes Home

    Dr. Kildare Goes Home

    A young doctor gives up big-city success to help his father set up a small-town clinic.

  • Calling Dr. Kildare

    Calling Dr. Kildare

    Following an argument with his young protege, the curmudgeonly Dr. Gillespie dumps Jimmy Kildare in a street clinic, hoping to teach him a lesson. While working there Kildare meets pretty nurse Mary Lamont, and ends up treating a hoodlum with a gunshot wound. He purposely fails to write a report on it, and soon finds himself in a heap of trouble. Who else would come to his rescue but good old Dr. Gillespie?

  • The Secret of Dr. Kildare

    The Secret of Dr. Kildare

    Intern Kildare heals a millionaire's daughter and tricks Dr. Gillespie into taking a vacation.

  • The People Vs. Dr. Kildare

    The People Vs. Dr. Kildare

    An ice skater sues Kildare (Lew Ayres) for malpractice after his roadside first aid leaves her paralyzed.

  • Dr. Kildare's Crisis

    Dr. Kildare's Crisis

    Jimmy Kildare's impending nuptials are jeopardized by a diagnosis of possible epilepsy in his fiancee's brother.

  • Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day

    Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day

    A variety of predicaments arise to distract Dr. Kildare from his wedding to Nurse Mary Lamont.

  • Dr. Kildare's Victory

    Dr. Kildare's Victory

    Dr. Gillespie supports Kildare's crusade against their hospital's deal with a rival hospital.

  • Dr. Kildare's Strange Case

    Dr. Kildare's Strange Case

    Kildare tries brain surgery, advised by Dr. Gillespie, and faces a rival for nurse Lamont.

  • Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant

    Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant

    The doctor (Lionel Barrymore) has a Kansan (Van Johnson), an Australian and an Asian from Brooklyn to choose from.

  • Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

    Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

    In this 13th entry to the Dr. Kildare series, the medical staff of Blair General hospital are challenged with further dilemmas, not the least of which includes a prison inmate who Dr. Gillespie believes belongs instead in an insane asylum.

  • 3 Men in White

    3 Men in White

    Gillespie has to finally choose his official assistant, or Red and Lee are going to kill themselves in competition. So, it's another diagnosis competition. Lee's assignment is a small girl who falls ill whenever she eats candy. Red has to cure a girl's mother of a debilitating case of arthritis. But when Red needs Lee's help, will either one live with Gillespie's choice?

  • Between Two Women

    Between Two Women

    A young doctor proves his worth at a metropolitan hospital.

  • Dark Delusion

    Dark Delusion

    Spoiled socialite Cynthia Grace is suffering from a blood clot. Not unexpectedly, Tommy Coalt falls in love with Cynthia, much to her parents' dismay. Soon he's drawing up plans to marry the girl and setting up private practice in a smaller town.

  • Calling Dr. Gillespie

    Calling Dr. Gillespie

    Dr. Kildare's friend Dr. Gillespie is called in to investigate when a young man suffering from mental problems disappears on a killing spree.

  • Internes Can't Take Money

    Internes Can't Take Money

    Dr. Kildare treats and falls for impoverished ex-con Janet Haley, widow of a bank robber, who can't find her baby. Later she helps Kildare sew up gangster Hanlon in a tavern back room. Kildare pursues Janet and enlists Hanlon to help her; the gangster's solution, not surprisingly, is violent.


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Cast

  • Lew Ayres

    Lew Ayres

    Dr. James Kildare

  • Lionel Barrymore

    Lionel Barrymore

    Dr. Leonard Gillespie

  • Laraine Day

    Laraine Day

    Nurse Mary Lamont

  • Samuel S. Hinds

    Samuel S. Hinds

    Dr. Stephen Kildare

  • Gene Lockhart

    Gene Lockhart

    George Winslow

  • John Shelton

    John Shelton

    Dr. Davidson

  • Nat Pendleton

    Nat Pendleton

    Joe Wayman

  • Emma Dunn

    Emma Dunn

    Mrs. Martha Kildare

  • Alma Kruger

    Alma Kruger

    Molly Byrd

  • Walter Kingsford

    Walter Kingsford

    Dr. Walter Carew

  • Nell Craig

    Nell Craig

    Nurse Parker

  • Henry Wadsworth

    Henry Wadsworth

    Collins

  • Tom Collins

    Tom Collins

    Joiner

  • George H. Reed

    George H. Reed

    Conover

  • Donald Briggs

    Donald Briggs

    Mr. Brownlee

  • Leona Maricle

    Leona Maricle

    Mrs. Brownlee

  • Archie Twitchell

    Archie Twitchell

    Bates

  • Marie Blake

    Marie Blake

    Sally

  • Charles Trowbridge

    Charles Trowbridge

    Atkinson

  • Arthur O'Connell

    Arthur O'Connell

    Intern (uncredited)

  • Eddie Acuff

    Eddie Acuff

    Clifford Genet - an Orderly (uncredited)

  • Erville Alderson

    Erville Alderson

    Boylston - City Council Member (uncredited)

  • Arthur Aylesworth

    Arthur Aylesworth

    Mr. Cobb - a Farmer (uncredited)

  • Barbara Bedford

    Barbara Bedford

    Carew's Secretary (uncredited)

  • George Chandler

    George Chandler

    Parkersville Counterman (uncredited)

  • Jane Drummond

    Jane Drummond

    Nurse Probationer (uncredited)

  • Ralph Dunn

    Ralph Dunn

    Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

  • Claire McDowell

    Claire McDowell

    Nurse for Mr. Winslow (uncredited)

  • Horace McMahon

    Horace McMahon

    Foghorn Murphy (uncredited)

  • Frank Orth

    Frank Orth

    Mike Ryan (uncredited)

  • Milton Parsons

    Milton Parsons

    Parkersville Crazy Man (uncredited)

  • Ferris Taylor

    Ferris Taylor

    Dr. Coldridge (uncredited)