Calling Dr. Kildare

Calling Dr. Kildare (1939)

The Great M-G-M series!

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?

Date of release
1939-04-28
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (9)
Runtime
1h 26m
Genres
Drama
Director
Harold S. Bucquet
Collection
Dr. Kildare Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

Calling Dr. Kildare is a 1939 film in the Dr. Kildare series. Directed by Harold S. Bucquet, it stars Lew Ayres as the young Dr. Kildare and Lionel Barrymore as Dr. Gillespie, his mentor. The second of MGM's series of Kildare films, it introduces Laraine Day as nurse Mary Lamont, the love of Kildare's life.

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