Summary
Calling Dr. Gillespie is an American thriller film first released in 1942,
directed by Harold S. Bucquet.
The film stars Lionel Barrymore, Philip Dorn, Donna Reed, Phil Brown and Nat Pendleton.
It has also been released under the title: Dr. Kildare’s Triple X.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Harold S. Bucquet
- Script: Max Brand, Kubec Glasmon, Willis Goldbeck, Harry Ruskin, Lawrence P. Bachmann
- Photo: Ray June
- Music: Daniele Amfitheatrof
- Cast: Lionel Barrymore (Dr. Leonard Gillespie), Philip Dorn (Dr. John Hunter Gerniede), Donna Reed (Marcia Bradburn), Phil Brown (Roy Todwell), Nat Pendleton (Joe Wayman), Alma Kruger (Molly Byrd), Mary Nash (Emma Hope), Walter Kingsford (Dr. Walter Carew), Nell Craig (Nurse ’Nosey’ Parker), Ruth Tobey (Susan May ’Susie’ Prentiss), Jonathan Hale (Frank Marshall Todwell), Charles Dingle (Dr. Ward O. Kenwood), Marie Blake (Sally, receptionist), Nana Bryant (Mrs. Marshall Todwell), Eddie Acuff (Clifford Genet), Robin Raymond (Bubbles), Ernie Alexander (Hospital elevator boy), Barbara Bedford (Carew’s secretary bringing postcard), Hillary Brooke (Mrs. Brown, measels patient), Harry Brown (Orderly), Naomi Childers (Nurse Edith), Barbara Coleman (Detroit Dance Hall cashier), Monte Collins (Man (unconfirmed)), Mary Currier (Nurse Trippett in ward X), Charles Dorety (Waiter), Ruth Dwyer (Girl at school), Ava Gardner (Graduating student at Miss Hope’s), Leatrice Joy Gilbert (Girl at school), Pat Gleason (Parking attendant), Betty Jean Hainey (Girl at school), Harry Hayden (Coronet car salesman), Edna Holland (Nurse Trayhan on sixth floor), Jerry Jerome (Buck, Detroit Dance Hall manager), Lew Leroy (Frankie, Bubbles’ boyfriend), Frank Marlowe (Coronet mechanic), Patrick McVey (Police Sergeant Hartwell), Charles R. Moore (Porter), Charlotte Munier (Girl at school), William Newell (Orderly with tray of water), Frances Raeburn (Girl at school), Anne Rooney (Girl at school), Ray Teal (Detroit policeman), Philip Van Zandt (Detroit Dance Hall waiter), Emmett Vogan (Police Lieutenant Clifton), Shirley Warde (Nurse Workman at second floor desk), Jane Welborn (Girl at school), Joe Yule (Passerby in Detroit)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 84 min; B&W
- Aka: Dr. Kildare’s Triple X
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