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The People vs. Dr. Kildare (1941)
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2 May 1941 (USA)
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Kildare saves the life of an ice skater who was in an auto accident. But even though her broken leg has knit...
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Malpractice
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Above average Kildare but still leaves a lot to be desired...
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Lew Ayres | ... | Dr. James Kildare | |
| Lionel Barrymore | ... | Dr. Leonard Gillespie | |
| Laraine Day | ... | Nurse Mary Lamont | |
| Bonita Granville | ... | Frances Marlowe | |
| Alma Kruger | ... | Molly Byrd | |
| Red Skelton | ... | Vernon Briggs | |
| Paul Stanton | ... | Mr. Reynolds | |
| Diana Lewis | ... | Fay Lennox | |
| Walter Kingsford | ... | Dr. Walter Carew | |
| Nell Craig | ... | Nurse Parker | |
| Tom Conway | ... | Mr. Channing | |
| Marie Blake | ... | Sally | |
| Eddie Acuff | ... | Clifford Genet | |
| George Reed | ... | Conover (as George H. Reed) | |
| Chick Chandler | ... | Dan Morton |
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My Life Is Yours (UK)
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78 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Pat O'Malley is supposed to be in this film as "Onlooker", but he does not appear.
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Followed by Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant (1942)
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Hinky Dinky Parlay Voo (Mad'moiselle from Armentieres)
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It's almost unbelievable to see just how grumpy and bitter Dr. Gillespie really is around everyone--including the staff of Blair General Hospital--and LIONEL BARRYMORE overdoes the grumpiness to the nth degree with some pretty bitter, contemptuous statements about doctors and lawyers.
And yet, this entry in the Dr. Kildare series is graced by a couple of fine points--namely, LEW AYRES and LARAINE DAY, who do nicely in the leads and a supporting cast that includes no less than RED SKELTON, BONITA GRANVILLE, DIANA LEWIS, TOM CONWAY and ALMA KRUGER, all doing reasonably well with standard Kildare material.
Bonita is at her loveliest as the skater who needs an emergency operation after a car wreck--but then discovers that she can no longer move her leg after Dr. Kildare operates. The rest of the film is devoted to whether or not she'll win the malpractice case against him.
The courtroom scenes have no real bearing on reality, with Dr. Gillespie's impractical plea to the jury being just one of the things we're forced to swallow. The humor is pretty lame, with most of the burden falling on the upcoming Red Skelton as a dumb hospital worker under the thumb of chronic complainer Alma Kruger.
However, it moves at a brisk pace and is no worse than any other Kildare saga in the series MGM used to promote Ayres and Day, as well as their upcoming talent. But be aware, much of it is politically incorrect and very dated by today's standards.