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Director:
Harold S. Bucquet
Writers:
Max Brand (story)
Harry Ruskin (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
28 April 1939 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Dr. Gillespie tries to teach Jimmy Kildare a lesson by tossing him into a street clinic. Only Kildare... more | add synopsis
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Young Dr. K is at it again more (3 total)

Cast

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Lew Ayres ... Dr, James 'Jimmy' Kildare

Lionel Barrymore ... Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Laraine Day ... Nurse Mary Lamont
Nat Pendleton ... Joe Wayman

Lana Turner ... Rosalie Lewett
Samuel S. Hinds ... Dr. Stephen Kildare
Lynne Carver ... Alice Raymond
Emma Dunn ... Mrs. Martha Kildare
Walter Kingsford ... Dr. Walter Carew
Alma Kruger ... Head Nurse Molly Byrd
Harlan Briggs ... James Galt, Dartford Banker
Henry Hunter ... Harry Galt
Marie Blake ... Sally the Switchboard Operator
Phillip Terry ... Intern Bates
Roger Converse ... Intern Joiner
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Dr. Kildare's Mistake (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
86 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
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Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #5215)
Company:
Loew's more

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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
Young Dr. K is at it again, 27 February 2008
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Author: blanche-2 from United States

In Calling Dr. Kildare, James Kildare is in even worse trouble than he was in "Young Dr. Kildare." This time, he's gotten involved with a young boy who was shot and is being sought for a murder he says he didn't commit. Kildare helps him and doesn't report the bullet wound to the police. That's one infraction. More heinous than that - he falls hook, line and sinker for Lana Turner! At this point, Jimmy is more or less juggling three women in his noncommittal fashion - except of course he's committed himself to the seductive Turner. There's Alice (Lynne Carver), pining away in Kildare's hometown - where she'll continue to pine - and the very pretty Mary Lamont (Laraine Day) who obviously is interested in him. On top of everything else, he has to deal with the irascible Dr. Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore) - it'll be a few years before he mellows out, and by then, James will have left the hospital.

I liked this one better than the first in the series. It is predicated on a realistic incident - the shooting - not necessarily the doctor sticking his neck out to help. And Laraine Day is a wonderful addition as Mary.

All in all, a good entry into the "Dr. Kildare" series with a future MGM star on hand.

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