The doctor (Lionel Barrymore) has a Kansan (Van Johnson), an Australian and an Asian from Brooklyn to choose from.
Acting
Lionel Barrymore's wheelchair-bound sass masterclass.
Writing
Surprisingly snappy banter for a B-picture medical drama.
Director
Willis Goldbeck
Lionel Barrymore
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Van Johnson
Dr. Randall Adams
Susan Peters
Mrs. Howard Allwinn Young
Richard Quine
Dr. Dennis Lindsey
Keye Luke
Dr. Lee Wong How
Alma Kruger
Molly Byrd
Nat Pendleton
Joe Weyman
Stephen McNally
Howard Allwinn Young
Frank Orth
Mike Ryan
Walter Kingsford
Dr. Walter Carew
Nell Craig
Nurse Parker
Marie Blake
Sally
George H. Reed
Conover
Ann Richards
Iris Headley
Rose Hobart
Mrs. Black
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Keye Luke had already played Charlie Chan's son and Number One Son in multiple films, making him one of the busiest Asian American actors of the era.
This was the ninth (!) Dr. Kildare spinoff film, proving audiences couldn't get enough of MGM's medical soap opera franchise during WWII.
No ratings yet
6.31937
6.51938
6.61939
5.61939
4.61940
6.81940
6.01940
6.81941
6.61941
5.81942
6.51942
1942
5.51943
6.41944
5.91945
6.01947
Sign in to join the discussion — comments are spoiler-gated to your watch progress.
Discussion starters
US
