Young Dr. Kildare tries to help an unlucky brain surgeon and his seemingly insane patient.Young Dr. Kildare tries to help an unlucky brain surgeon and his seemingly insane patient.Young Dr. Kildare tries to help an unlucky brain surgeon and his seemingly insane patient.
George Reed
- Conover, Gillespie's Attendant
- (as George H. Reed)
Horace McMahon
- J. Harold 'Fog Horn' Murphy
- (as Horace MacMahon)
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- TriviaNurse Molly Byrd tells Mary Lamont that she is 49 years old. In fact, Alma Kruger, the actress who played Ms. Byrd was 72 when the film opened.
- GoofsImmediately after surgery, several of the doctors take their masks off; this would not happen until they left the surgical room. In the 1930's it was commonplace to remove surgical masks when not in close proximity to the patient. The doctors removed their masks because the patient died.
- Quotes
Dr. Leonard Gillespie: Well, Mr. Ingersoll, good morning, and how are you feeling today?
Rufus Ingersoll: Never felt better in my life!
Dr. Leonard Gillespie: Oh ho, that's fine. That's fine... because your system's in a state of collapse. Siddown before you fall down!
- ConnectionsEdited into Your Afternoon Movie: Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (2023)
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Dr. James Kildare (Lew Ayres) works at Blair General Hospital with his nurse girlfriend Mary Lamont (Laraine Day) and his wheelchair-bound mentor Dr. Leonard Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore) who is battling cancer. He is concerned that Gillespie is not fighting hard enough. He rejects a high paying job to stay with Gillespie which frustrates Mary. Dr. Gregory Lane (Shepperd Strudwick) is a struggling brain surgeon. When Lane's patient seems to turn insane from sugery, Kildare takes on the strange case.
This is the fifth Dr. Kildare film. The various dramas of the main cast is fine. I do wonder about the strange case. I'm guessing that psychology is still undeveloped during this time. This is definitely a case for a psychiatrist or a brain specialist. Apparently, he just needed a sugary snack and a meeting with his wife. I'm no doctor, but this case is a little too strange.
This is the fifth Dr. Kildare film. The various dramas of the main cast is fine. I do wonder about the strange case. I'm guessing that psychology is still undeveloped during this time. This is definitely a case for a psychiatrist or a brain specialist. Apparently, he just needed a sugary snack and a meeting with his wife. I'm no doctor, but this case is a little too strange.
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- Jul 23, 2023
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- The Strange Case of Dr. Kildare
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- Runtime1 hour 17 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (1940) officially released in Canada in English?
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