Calling Dr. Kildare

Calling Dr. Kildare

86 mins | Drama | April 28, 1939

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?

Calling Dr. Kildare

86 mins | Drama | April 28, 1939

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?
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title Calling Dr. Kildare
Directors Harold S. Bucquet
Writers Harry Ruskin, Max Brand, Willis Goldbeck

Cast

Lew Ayres

as Dr. James Kildare

Lionel Barrymore

as Dr. Leonard Gillespie

Laraine Day

as Nurse Mary Lamont

Nat Pendleton

as Joe Wayman

Lana Turner

as Rosalie Lewett

Samuel S. Hinds

as Dr. Stephen Kildare

Lynne Carver

as Alice Raymond

Emma Dunn

as Mrs. Martha Kildare

Walter Kingsford

as Dr. Walter Carew

Alma Kruger

as Molly Byrd

Harlan Briggs

as James Galt

Henry Hunter

as Harry Galt

Marie Blake

as Sally

Phillip Terry

as Bates

Roger Converse

as Joiner

Don Barry

as Collins

Reed Hadley

as Tom Crandell

Nell Craig

as Nurse "Nosey" Parker

Clinton Rosemond

as Conover

Johnny Walsh

as 'Red'

Dorothy Adams

as Jenny's Mother (uncredited)

Barbara Bedford

as Dr. Carew's Secretary (uncredited)

Margaret Bert

as Mrs. Benson - Tommy's Mother (uncredited)

George Chandler

as Elevator Operator (uncredited)

Cliff Clark

as Detective Flaherty (uncredited)

Elspeth Dudgeon

as Old Lady in Hall (uncredited)

George Guhl

as Policeman in Nick's Hospital Room (uncredited)

Robert Homans

as Hickman - Policeman Bringing Jenny (uncredited)

Horace McMahon

as Fog Horn - Taxi Driver (uncredited)

George Noisom

as Special Delivery Boy (uncredited)

Frank Orth

as Mike Sullivan - Hospital Cafe Owner (uncredited)

George Ovey

as Man Telling Hickman to Put His Hat On (uncredited)

Aileen Pringle

as Mrs. Thatcher (uncredited)

George Reed

as Black Man with Stomach Trouble (uncredited)

Matty Roubert

as Newsboy (uncredited)

Harry Seymour

as Man in Galt's Office (uncredited)

Amzie Strickland

as Patient (uncredited)

Ann E. Todd

as Jenny (uncredited)

Dorothy Vaughan

as Mother of Baby Vaughan (uncredited)

Bobs Watson

as Tommy Benson (uncredited)