Calling Dr. Kildare

April. 28,1939      NR
Rating:
6.3
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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?

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

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Reviews

ChanBot
1939/04/28

i must have seen a different film!!

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InformationRap
1939/04/29

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

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Freeman
1939/04/30

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

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Ginger
1939/05/01

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

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