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Dr. Kildare's Crisis

Year:

1940

Duration:

75 min

Genres:

Drama

IMDB rate:

5.9

Director:

Harold S. Bucquet

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1940-11-29

Cast

Actor

Character

Bobs Watson

Lew Ayres

Dr. James 'Jimmy' Kildare

Lionel Barrymore

Dr. Leonard Gillespie

Laraine Day

Mary Lamont

Robert Young

Douglas 'Doug' Lamont

Nat Pendleton

Joe Wayman

Walter Kingsford

Dr. Walter Carew

Alma Kruger

Molly Byrd

Nell Craig

Nurse 'Nosey' Parker

George Reed

Conover

Frank Orth

Mike Ryan, Cafe Owner

Marie Blake

Sally, Hospital Receptionist

Horace McMahon

Foghorn Murphy (as Horace MacMahon)

Eddie Acuff

Clifford Genet, Window Cleaner (uncredited)

Ernie Alexander

Assistant Bed Salesman (uncredited)

Charles Arnt

Mr. Stubbins, Man with Pain

Gladys Blake

Maisie, Emergency Switchboard Operator (uncredited)

Tom Collins

Doctor (uncredited)

Mimi Doyle

Edith (uncredited)

Byron Foulger

Orderly at Emergency Switchboard (uncredited)

William Haade

Guirk, Man in Fistfight (uncredited)

Milton Kibbee

Patient with Hand Injury (uncredited)

Cathy Lewis

Flo (uncredited)

David Newell

Chandler's Secretary (uncredited)

Lillian Rich

Nurse in Lobby (uncredited)

Fred Santley

Head Bed Salesman (uncredited)

Syd Saylor

Hospital Elevator Operator (uncredited)

Gus Schilling

Orderly Cleaning Window

Frank Sully

John Root (uncredited)

Bryant Washburn Jr.

Doctor (uncredited)

Pierre Watkin

Mr. Robert Chandler (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The Medical Society of New York wrote a letter to the PCA protesting the way epilepsy was presented in the movie. They objected to the claims that epilepsy is inherited, that it is curable and that it leads to insanity.

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'Emma Dunn' (Mrs. Martha Kildare) and Ann Morriss (Betty) are listed in records playing those roles, but are not seen in the final print.

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Goofs

When Dr Gillispie finishes reading the note from Mary, he says "Fine girl, that Mary" and puts the note on his desk with a thump, and with the next cut, it immediately appears in Dr. Kildare's hands.

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Quotes

Dr. Leonard Gillespie: It doesn't do a man any good to tell him he has an incurable disease. Eventually the divine power which put us all here manages to remove the fear of death and replaces it with a great understanding.

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Mike Ryan, Cafe Owner: I'll be glad when you two get married. All the good meals you're missing because you won't eat onions.

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Douglas 'Doug' Lamont: [on a prescribed treatment plan] Suppose I decide it isn't worth it?

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