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Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (1940)
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12 April 1940 (USA)
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Young Dr. Kildare tries to help an unlucky brain surgeon and his seemingly insane patient. full summary | add synopsis
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Dr. Kildare makes a dangerous decision
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Lew Ayres | ... | Dr. James 'Jimmy' Kildare |
 | Lionel Barrymore | ... | Dr. Leonard Gillespie |
| Laraine Day | ... | Nurse Mary Lamont |
| Shepperd Strudwick | ... | Dr. Gregory 'Greg' Lane |
| Samuel S. Hinds | ... | Dr. Stephen Kildare |
| Emma Dunn | ... | Mrs. Martha Kildare |
| Nat Pendleton | ... | Joe Wayman, Ambulance Driver |
| Walter Kingsford | ... | Dr. S.J. 'Walter' Carew, Hospital Administrator |
| Alma Kruger | ... | Molly Byrd, Superintendant of Nurses |
| John Eldredge | ... | Henry Adams, Amnesia Patient |
| Nell Craig | ... | Nurse 'Nosey' Parker |
| Marie Blake | ... | Sally, Hospital Switchboard Operator |
| Charles Waldron | ... | Dr. 'Egghead' Squires, Messinger Inst. |
| George Lessey | ... | Rufus Ingersoll |
| Tom Collins | ... | Dr. Joiner |
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77 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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USA:Approved (PCA #6095)
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Nurse Molly Byrd:
Nurses are just like husbands. You can abuse them, insult them, work 'em to death, jump all over 'em. They'll take it. But give 'em a bad cup of coffee and you got a revolution on your hands.
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This entry into the Dr. Kildare series was enjoyable but not as compelling for this reviewer as other installments were.
As usual, Dr. Gillespie allows Dr. Jimmy Kildare to think that Jimmy is making his own decisions, all the while being controlled by the octogenarian.
Nurse Mary Lamont has not yet landed the good doctor, and here is dating Dr. Lane the brain surgeon and our beloved Dr. Kildare.
Once again, Dr. Kildare's parents make an appearance, and Ma Kildare once again gives her son her willing shoulder to lean upon. The series always showed a close parent-child relationship, especially between Jimmy and his mother.
Dr. Kildare must make a decision in this entry which could derail his entire career at Blair General Hospital. This type of plot line would be handled in a much more serious manner today, but it was interesting to see how it was handled back in 1940.