Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant

Nov 1, 1942

1h 27m

★ 5.3

The happiest day of a girl's life... and then a strange shadow falls across her love!

Overview

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

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Mystery

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant Trailers

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Cast

Dr. Leonard Gillespie

Lionel Barrymore

Dr. Randall Adams

Van Johnson

Mrs. Howard Allwinn Young

Susan Peters

Dr. Dennis Lindsey

Richard Quine

Dr. Lee Wong How

Keye Luke

Molly Byrd

Alma Kruger

Joe Weyman

Nat Pendleton

Howard Allwinn Young

Stephen McNally

Mike Ryan

Frank Orth

Dr. Walter Carew

Walter Kingsford

Nurse Parker

Nell Craig

Sally

Marie Blake

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