Dr. Kildare’s Strange Case (1940) - film review

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Dr. Kildare’s Strange Case is an American film first released in 1940, directed by Harold S. Bucquet. The film stars Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day, Shepperd Strudwick and Samuel S. Hinds. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Director: Harold S. Bucquet
Script: Max Brand, Willis Goldbeck, Harry Ruskin
Photo: John F. Seitz
Music: David Snell
Cast: Lew Ayres (Dr. James ’Jimmy’ Kildare), Lionel Barrymore (Dr. Leonard Gillespie), Laraine Day (Nurse Mary Lamont), Shepperd Strudwick (Dr. Gregory ’Greg’ Lane), Samuel S. Hinds (Dr. Stephen Kildare), Emma Dunn (Mrs. Martha Kildare), Nat Pendleton (Joe Wayman, Ambulance Driver), Walter Kingsford (Dr. S.J. ’Walter’ Carew, Hospital Administrator), Alma Kruger (Molly Byrd, Superintendant of Nurses), John Eldredge (Henry Adams, Amnesia Patient), Nell Craig (Nurse ’Nosey’ Parker), Marie Blake (Sally, Hospital Switchboard Operator), Charles Waldron (Dr. ’Egghead’ Squires, Messinger Inst.), George Lessey (Rufus Ingersoll), Tom Collins (Dr. Joiner), George Reed (Conover, Gillespie’s Attendant), Paul Porcasi (Antonio ’Tony’, the Hospital Chef), Horace McMahon (J. Harold ’Fog Horn’ Murphy), Frank Orth (Mike Ryan, Sullivan’s Hospital Cafe), Margaret Seddon (Mrs. Julia Cray, Skin Alergy Patient), Fay Helm (Mrs. Henry Adams), Donald Douglas (Mr. Grayson, Patient losing Eye Sight), Marcia Mae Jones (Florence, the Waiting Room Nurse)
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 77 min; B&W

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