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Dr. Kildare's Crisis (1940)

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Dr. Kildare's Crisis is actually one suffered by his fiancee, nurse Mary Lamont (Laraine Day). Mary's financier brother Douglas Lamont (Robert Young) is subject to unpredictable seizures, and for a while it seems that he is suffering from hereditary epilepsy. This being 1940, Douglas' affliction carries an onus which seriously threatens the impending marriage between Mary and Jim Kildare (Lew Ayres); after all, who knows how their children will turn out? But by using an unorthodox therapeutic method, Dr. Kildare proves that Douglas' medical condition was borne of an accident rather than a genetic disorder. The final diagnosis is rendered by crusty Dr. Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore), who thereby manages to justify his appearance in the film in the very last reel. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Starring:: Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, (more)

Director(s):: Harold S. Bucquet

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Synopsis of Dr. Kildare's Crisis

Dr. Kildare's Crisis is actually one suffered by his fiancee, nurse Mary Lamont (Laraine Day). Mary's financier brother Douglas Lamont (Robert Young) is subject to unpredictable seizures, and for a while it seems that he is suffering from hereditary epilepsy. This being 1940, Douglas' affliction carries an onus which seriously threatens the impending marriage between Mary and Jim Kildare (Lew Ayres); after all, who knows how their children will turn out? But by using an unorthodox therapeutic method, Dr. Kildare proves that Douglas' medical condition was borne of an accident rather than a genetic disorder. The final diagnosis is rendered by crusty Dr. Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore), who thereby manages to justify his appearance in the film in the very last reel. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Complete Cast of Dr. Kildare's Crisis

Lew Ayres - Dr. James Kildare
Laraine Day - Mary Lamont
Nat Pendleton - Joe Wayman
Alma Kruger - Molly Byrd
Nell Craig - Nurse "Nosey" Parker
Frank Orth - Mike Ryan
Eddie Acuff - Clifford Genet
Gus Schilling - Orderly
Frank Sully - John Root
Ann Morriss - Betty
Byron Foulger - Orderly
Charles Arnt - Stubbins

Lionel Barrymore - Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Robert Young - Douglas Lamont
Walter Kingsford - Dr. Walter Carew
Bobs Watson - Tommy
George H. Reed - Conover
Marie Blake - Sally
Ernie Alexander - Ass't. Salesman
Pierre Watkin - Chandler
Lillian Rich - Nurse
Horace McMahon - Foghorn Murphy
Emma Dunn - Mrs. Martha Kildare
Gladys Blake - Maisie

Director(s):: Harold S. Bucquet

Writer(s):: Willis Goldbeck, Harry Ruskin

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