This is not one of the better Dr. Christian films. While it isn't the worst of the six, it's probably second to worst. This does not mean I dislike the series--for B-movies they were often quite entertaining. The problem here, however, is that like the final Christian film they included superfluous entertainment that had absolutely nothing to do with the Dr. Christian character or the format of the rest of the films. The sixth one involved a girl who loved to sing and wanted to make it big with her operatic voice. Here, a young violinists and his mother have dreams of him being a big-time concert performer. Both films featured too much of this and not enough plot.
The film begins with Christian doing pretty much nothing--nothing whatsoever. A local lady (Fay Wray) makes money teaching violin lessons and her pride and joy is her ultra-talented son. When an airplane fortuitously crashes nearby, it just so happens that the man in the wreck is a very famous violist AND happens to be the kid's father!! Now considering the man had no idea where his wife ran off to and didn't know he had a son, his arrival in this piddly little town is patently ridiculous--talk about contrived! Later, the mother disappears and the meddling Dr. Christian takes the boy to meet the father he never knew he had. In the end, there is a heart-warming finale and the boy shows off his talent on a radio show.
The bottom line is that the plot is ridiculous and the story has little to do with medicine. Christian's only real role is to be a meddler near the end of the film--apart from that, he's pretty much irrelevant to the movie.
By the way, although she was not billed, Irene Ryan (Granny from "The Beverly Hillbillies") plays a rather large role as a rival music teacher. Also, I didn't see her in the credits at all, but wasn't that Imogene Coco in a tiny role in the film? I know she later appeared in the series--and I am pretty sure she's here as well.
The film begins with Christian doing pretty much nothing--nothing whatsoever. A local lady (Fay Wray) makes money teaching violin lessons and her pride and joy is her ultra-talented son. When an airplane fortuitously crashes nearby, it just so happens that the man in the wreck is a very famous violist AND happens to be the kid's father!! Now considering the man had no idea where his wife ran off to and didn't know he had a son, his arrival in this piddly little town is patently ridiculous--talk about contrived! Later, the mother disappears and the meddling Dr. Christian takes the boy to meet the father he never knew he had. In the end, there is a heart-warming finale and the boy shows off his talent on a radio show.
The bottom line is that the plot is ridiculous and the story has little to do with medicine. Christian's only real role is to be a meddler near the end of the film--apart from that, he's pretty much irrelevant to the movie.
By the way, although she was not billed, Irene Ryan (Granny from "The Beverly Hillbillies") plays a rather large role as a rival music teacher. Also, I didn't see her in the credits at all, but wasn't that Imogene Coco in a tiny role in the film? I know she later appeared in the series--and I am pretty sure she's here as well.