Dr. Steven Bishop is taken to the hideout of Frank Dillon and his gang to treat the wounded Joe Madison. Joe's nurse sister Nora Madison is also taken. Dillon tells Bishop that if Joe dies,...
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Title: Bullet Scars (1942)
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Regis Toomey | ... | Dr. Steven Bishop | |
| Adele Longmire | ... | Nora Madison | |
| Howard Da Silva | ... | Frank Dillon | |
| Ben Welden | ... | Pills Davis | |
| John Ridgely | ... | Hank O'Connor | |
| Frank Wilcox | ... | Mike | |
| Tod Andrews | ... | Joe Madison (as Michael Ames) | |
| Hobart Bosworth | ... | Dr. Sidney Carter | |
| Roland Drew | ... | Jake | |
| Walter Brooke | ... | Trooper Walter Leary | |
| Creighton Hale | ... | Jess, the Druggist | |
| Hank Mann | ... | Gilly | |
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Sol Gorss | ... | Dude |
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Don Turner | ... | Mitch |
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Dr. Steven Bishop is taken to the hideout of Frank Dillon and his gang to treat the wounded Joe Madison. Joe's nurse sister Nora Madison is also taken. Dillon tells Bishop that if Joe dies, he will be killed, but Bishop knows he will be either way. Joe dies, but Nora and Steve conceal it from Dillon and send a plea for help in a prescription that Bishop writes. Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
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Music by Harry Warren
Hummed by Ben Welden as he dances with the skeleton
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When Frank Dillon and his gang run Dr. Bishop off the road, their two cars come to a stop up against each other, with Frank's car slightly ahead. But, in the next shot, Frank and his gang easily open the doors on the car's right side with plenty of space to get out and the two cars are about even. See more »Soundtracks
Shadow Waltz(uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Hummed by Ben Welden as he dances with the skeleton
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7 March 1942 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Cicatrices indelebles See more »Filming Locations:
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Regis Toomey and Howard da Silva star in "Bullet Scars," a 1942 B movie that's pretty good, thanks to the nice performance by Toomey.
The Dillon gang, led by Frank Dillon (Da Silva) pulls off a robbery, but one of them, Joe, is badly wounded. They can't risk going to a hospital, so they corral a doctor, Steven Bishop (Toomey) to help them, claiming the shooting was accidental and saying nothing about the fact that they're all crooks. Meanwhile, Joe's sister Nora (Adele Longmire), a nurse, is asked to come and take care of her brother. Dillon offers the doctor a fortune and his own laboratory if he will stay and take care of Joe, who is Dillon's best friend. Dillon is also in love with Nora, who wants nothing to do with him.
It doesn't take Bishop long to realize that he's pretty much a captive of these men, but while picking up supplies at the drugstore, with one of the men standing nearby, he does find out about the recent bank robbery and puts 2 + 2 together. He also knows he won't live if Joe dies while under his care. He and Nora have to figure out how to get out of there.
There's nothing special about this movie, but it is entertaining, and the end is clever. Regis Toomey was a solid actor with a kindly presence who was prolific in both television and film into his eighties. He was a regular on many TV series over the years. Howard da Silva, turned in as a Communist by Robert Taylor, was blacklisted for 8 years but acted in theater and returned to television in 1959. He starred as Ben Franklin on Broadway and screen in "1776." However, the most interesting person in this film was the elderly doctor in the beginning of the film, Hobart Bosworth. Bosworth was a direct descendant of John and Priscilla Alden on his father's side, and on his mother's side, a descendant of the first Dutch settlers to land in the U.S. He was an actor, director, writer, and producer going back to 1908.