Dark Delusion (1947)
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After 15 entries, MGM's "Dr. Kildare" series came to a quiet end with Dark Delusion. Although Dr. Leonard Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore), crusty chief surgeon at Blair General Hospital, is officially the leading character, most of the footage is devoted to Gillespie's outspoken protégé, Dr. Tommy Coalt (James Craig). The film's central crisis involves Cynthia Grace (Lucille Bremer), a spoiled socialite suffering from a blood clot. Not unexpectedly, Tommy falls in love with Cynthia (much to her parents' dismay), and soon he's drawing up plans to marry the girl and setting up private practice in a smaller town. Coincidentally, this was the same sort of dilemma facing Gillespie's most famous protégé, Dr Kildare, in the initial series entry Young Dr. Kildare (Perhaps MGM was hoping to bring things full circle with a new "Dr. Coalt" series) ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Warner Anderson - Teddy Selkirk
- Lionel Barrymore - Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- Lucille Bremer - Cynthia Grace
- Nell Craig - Nurse "Nosey" Parker
- Alma Kruger - Molly Byrd
- Keye Luke - Dr. Lee Wong How
- Jayne Meadows - Mrs. Selkirk
- Henry Stephenson - Dr. Evans Biddle
- Edward Arnold
- Eddie Parks - Mild little man
- Art Baker - Dr. Sanford Burson
- Marie Blake - Sally
- James Craig - Dr. Tommy Coalt
- Mary Currier - Nurse Workman
- Ben Lessy - Napoleon
- Lester Matthews - Wyndham Grace
- George H. Reed - Conover
- Geraldine Wall - Mrs. Rowland
- Cedric Hardwicke - Interne
- John Burton - Minister
- Director(s):
- Willis Goldbeck
- Writer(s):
- Jack Andrews, Harry Ruskin
- Producer(s):
- Carey Wilson
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