Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

103 mins | Drama | Feb. 23, 1940

True story of the doctor who considered it was not immoral to search for a drug that would cure syphillis.

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

103 mins | Drama | Feb. 23, 1940

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
True story of the doctor who considered it was not immoral to search for a drug that would cure syphillis.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures
Original title Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Directors William Dieterle
Writers Norman Burnstine, Heinz Herald, John Huston

Cast

Edward G. Robinson

as Dr. Paul Ehrlich

Ruth Gordon

as Mrs. Ehrlich

Otto Kruger

as Dr. Emil Von Behring

Donald Crisp

as Minister Althoff

Maria Ouspenskaya

as Franziska Speyer

Montagu Love

as Professor Hartmann

Sig Ruman

as Dr. Hans Wolfert

Donald Meek

as Mittelmeyer

Henry O'Neill

as Dr. Lentz

Albert Bassermann

as Dr. Robert Koch

Edward Norris

as Dr. Morgenroth

Harry Davenport

as Judge

Louis Calhern

as Dr. Brockdorf

Louis Jean Heydt

as Dr. Kunze

Charles Halton

as Sensenbrenner

Irving Bacon

as Becker

Douglas Wood

as Speidler

Theodore von Eltz

as Dr. Kraus

Hermine Sterler

as Miss Marquardt

Louis Adlon

as Hospital Attendant

Herbert Anderson

as Medical Assistant

Louis V. Arco

as Dr. Bertheim

Egon Brecher

as Martl

Cliff Clark

as Haupt

Gretl Dupont

as Mother

Lisa Golm

as Nurse

John Hamilton

as Hirsch

Ludwig Hardt

as Court Clerk

Wilfred Hari

as Dr. Hata

Paul Harvey

as Defense Attorney

Ernst Hauessermann

as Hans Weisgart

John Henrick

as Dr. Bucher

Stuart Holmes

as Male Nurse

Frank Jaquet

as Banker

Frank Lackteen

as Arab Man

Rolf Lindau

as Patient

Frank Mayo

as Assistant in Hospital

Frederic Mellinger

as Court Stenographer

Greta Meyer

as Female Nurse

Torben Meyer

as Kadereit

Howard M. Mitchell

as Dr. Virchow

Norman Phillips Jr.

as Stable Boy

Paul Phillips

as Patient

Frank Reicher

as Old Man

Hedwiga Reicher

as Nurse

Elaine Renshaw

as Arab Woman

Walter O. Stahl

as Doctor

Robert R. Stephenson

as Merk - Patient

Rolla Stewart

as Steffi

Robert Strange

as Koerner

Ann E. Todd

as Marianne

Brandon Tynan

as Doctor

Gisela Werbisek

as Mother

Wolfgang Zilzer

as Kellner