Calling Dr. Kildare

Calling Dr. Kildare

The Great M-G-M series!

Part of Dr. Kildare Collection

1939•1h 26m•6.1/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.1/10(8)

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?

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Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Lew Ayres

Lew Ayres

Dr. James Kildare

Lionel Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore

Dr. Leonard Gillespie

Laraine Day

Laraine Day

Nurse Mary Lamont

Nat Pendleton

Nat Pendleton

Joe Wayman

Lana Turner

Lana Turner

Rosalie Lewett

Samuel S. Hinds

Samuel S. Hinds

Dr. Stephen Kildare

Lynne Carver

Lynne Carver

Alice Raymond

Emma Dunn

Emma Dunn

Mrs. Martha Kildare

Walter Kingsford

Walter Kingsford

Dr. Walter Carew

Alma Kruger

Alma Kruger

Molly Byrd

Harlan Briggs

Harlan Briggs

James Galt

Henry Hunter

Henry Hunter

Harry Galt

Marie Blake

Marie Blake

Sally

Phillip Terry

Phillip Terry

Bates

Roger Converse

Roger Converse

Joiner

Don 'Red' Barry

Don 'Red' Barry

Collins

Reed Hadley

Reed Hadley

Tom Crandell

Nell Craig

Nell Craig

Nurse "Nosey" Parker

George Offerman, Jr.

George Offerman, Jr.

Nick

Clinton Rosemond

Clinton Rosemond

Conover

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