Calling Dr. Kildare

Apr 28, 1939

1h 26m

★ 6.1

The Great M-G-M series!

Overview

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?

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

Dr. James Kildare

Lew Ayres

Dr. Leonard Gillespie

Lionel Barrymore

Nurse Mary Lamont

Laraine Day

Joe Wayman

Nat Pendleton

Rosalie Lewett

Lana Turner

Dr. Stephen Kildare

Samuel S. Hinds

Alice Raymond

Lynne Carver

Mrs. Martha Kildare

Emma Dunn

Dr. Walter Carew

Walter Kingsford

Molly Byrd

Alma Kruger

James Galt

Harlan Briggs

Harry Galt

Henry Hunter

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