Can't picture Clark Gable as a doctor? Then check him out in Men in White. The King takes on a very different role in this movie, and it's a wonder he was cast at all since he usually played the relatable everyman. In this role, he plays an ethical doctor who puts his patients and his integrity above everything else.
Myrna Loy plays Clark's socialite girlfriend. They don't share the same values, and she frequently complains that he's always working instead going to parties with her. Clark turns to his colleagues and mentors, Jean Hersholt, Otto Kruger, and Samuel S. Hinds for advice in balancing his personal and private life. Meanwhile, Elizabeth Allan is a nurse who values hard work as much as he does.
This is a pretty dramatic movie that ended up being banned by the Legion of Decency. There's a lot of subject matter that skirts around the Production Code (or doesn't skirt around it, as it turns out) and shows real people making tough decisions. For something lighter, try one of the Dr. Kildare movies, but if you want a real meaty hospital movie, rent this one or Vigil in the Night.
Myrna Loy plays Clark's socialite girlfriend. They don't share the same values, and she frequently complains that he's always working instead going to parties with her. Clark turns to his colleagues and mentors, Jean Hersholt, Otto Kruger, and Samuel S. Hinds for advice in balancing his personal and private life. Meanwhile, Elizabeth Allan is a nurse who values hard work as much as he does.
This is a pretty dramatic movie that ended up being banned by the Legion of Decency. There's a lot of subject matter that skirts around the Production Code (or doesn't skirt around it, as it turns out) and shows real people making tough decisions. For something lighter, try one of the Dr. Kildare movies, but if you want a real meaty hospital movie, rent this one or Vigil in the Night.