Calling Dr. Gillespie (1942)
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When Lew Ayres' wartime conscientious-objector status caused MGM to drop the actor like a hot potato, Ayres' "Dr. Kildare" series became the sole responsibility of Lionel Barrymore as the crusty Dr. Leonard Gillespie. In the first Kildare-less entry, Calling Dr. Gillespie, the ageing medico has a new assistant, refugee Dutch surgeon Dr. John Hunter Gerniede (Philip Dorn). Both Gillespie and Gerniede tackle the case of schizophrenic homicidal maniac Roy Todwell (Phil Brown), who is quite a handful to say the least. The story comes to a more suspenseful conclusion than usual as Todwell stalks Gillespie in the dead of night. MGM star-to-be Ava Gardner has a tiny, uncredited bit role. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Lionel Barrymore, Philip Dorn, (more)
- Director(s):
- Harold S. Bucquet
Synopsis of Calling Dr. Gillespie
When Lew Ayres' wartime conscientious-objector status caused MGM to drop the actor like a hot potato, Ayres' "Dr. Kildare" series became the sole responsibility of Lionel Barrymore as the crusty Dr. Leonard Gillespie. In the first Kildare-less entry, Calling Dr. Gillespie, the ageing medico has a new assistant, refugee Dutch surgeon Dr. John Hunter Gerniede (Philip Dorn). Both Gillespie and Gerniede tackle the case of schizophrenic homicidal maniac Roy Todwell (Phil Brown), who is quite a handful to say the least. The story comes to a more suspenseful conclusion than usual as Todwell stalks Gillespie in the dead of night. MGM star-to-be Ava Gardner has a tiny, uncredited bit role. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Calling Dr. Gillespie
- Lionel Barrymore - Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- Donna Reed - Marcia Bradburn
- Nat Pendleton - Joe Wayman
- Mary Nash - Emma Hope
- Nell Craig - Nurse Parker
- Jonathan Hale - Frank Todwell
- Eddie Acuff - Clifford Genet
- Patrick McVey - Sgt. Hartwell
- Robin Raymond - "Bubbles"
- Hillary Brooke - Mrs. Brown
- Philip Dorn - Dr. John Hunter Gerniede
- Phil Brown - Roy Todwell
- Alma Kruger - Molly Byrd
- Walter Kingsford - Dr. Walter Carew
- Ruth Tobey - Susan May Prentiss
- Charles Dingle - Dr. Ward O. Kenwood
- Marie Blake - Sally
- Emmett Vogan - Lt. Clifton
- Ava Gardner - Girl Bit
- Nana Bryant - Mrs. Marshall Todwell
- Director(s):
- Harold S. Bucquet
- Writer(s):
- Harry Ruskin, Willis Goldbeck
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