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A doctor's medical studies are threatened by his infatuation with a Chinese girl. The girl returns to China, but complications ensue when she runs into him in Nanking during a Japanese bombing raid.
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Audrey Hilton
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Dr. 'Tubby' Forster
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John Wesley Beaven
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Winifred Bane
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Dr. William Cunningham
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Dr. LaFerriere
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Bill Anderson
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Andrew Abbott
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Mrs. Cunningham
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Lawrence Carpenter (as Gaylord Pendleton)
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Johnny Merkle
William Pawley ...
Mr. Merkle
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Mrs. Riley
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Dr. Fung
Dandan Li ...
Aviatrix (as Ya-Ching Lee)
E.Y. Chung ...
Dr. Ling (as Dr. E.Y. Chung)
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Gibson
Jack Chapin ...
Terrence Shane
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Interne (as David Horsley)
Mary Shalek ...
Dirty Nurse
Alma Eidnea ...
Scrub Nurse
Paul M. MacWilliams ...
Doctor
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Dean
Philson Ahn ...
Kai
Z.T. Nyi ...
Chinese Ambassador
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Nurse (uncredited)
Hortense Arbogast ...
Nurse (uncredited)
Henny Backus ...
Nurse (uncredited)
Edith Cagnon ...
Nurse (uncredited)
James B. Carson ...
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
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Student (uncredited)
Paul England ...
Englishman (uncredited)
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Messenger Boy (uncredited)
Joleen King ...
Nurse (uncredited)
Patsy Mace ...
Nurse (uncredited)
Kitty McHugh ...
Telephone Operator (uncredited)
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Nurse (uncredited)
Gloria Williams ...
Nurse (uncredited)

Directed by

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Frank Borzage

Written by

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Anthony Veiller ... (screenplay) and
Sheridan Gibney ... (screenplay)
 
Lloyd C. Douglas ... (based on the novel by)

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Harlan Thompson ... producer

Music by

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Friedrich Hollaender ... (as Frederick Hollander)
John Leipold

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William C. Mellor ... director of photography

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James Smith

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Roland Anderson
Hans Dreier

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A.E. Freudeman ... (interior decorations)

Costume Design by

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Edith Head

Makeup Department

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Charles Gemora ... makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

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Sidney Street ... unit manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Stanley Goldsmith ... assistant director (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Hugo Grenzbach ... sound mixer
Richard Olson ... sound recordist

Camera and Electrical Department

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Roy Roberts ... gaffer (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Adolph Zukor ... presenter
Anna May Wong ... dialogue coach (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

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Storyline

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Taglines IS THERE ROOM FOR LOVE IN A DOCTOR'S LIFE? (original poster-all caps) See more »
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Also Known As
  • Le souffle de la vie (France)
  • Vidas heroicas (Spain)
  • Le souffle de la vie (Belgium, French title)
  • Dioses de barro (Mexico)
  • Deuses de Barro (Brazil)
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  • 87 min
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Trivia "Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on March 5, 1945 with Akim Tamiroff reprising his film role. See more »
Goofs Lamour and the Chinese actors variously speak Cantonese and Mandarin, but have no trouble understanding each other. (Though in fairness, this inattention to differences in foreign cultures was quite common back then.) See more »
Crazy Credits The novel's author, Lloyd Douglas, appears briefly during the opening credits, writing a note telling us he approves of the adaptation and hopes we enjoy it. See more »
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