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Calling Dr. Kildare

Calling Dr. Kildare

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NR 1939 · 86 min · ★ 6.6 · Drama

Following an argument with his young protege, the curmudgeonly Dr. Gillespie dumps Jimmy Kildare in a street clinic, hoping to teach him a lesson. While working there Kildare meets pretty nurse Mary Lamont, and ends up treating a hoodlum with a gunshot wound. He purposely fails to write a report on it, and soon finds himself in a heap of trouble. Who else would come to his rescue but good old Dr. Gillespie?

Directed by Harold S. Bucquet · Written by Willis Goldbeck

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