Calling Dr. Kildare (1939)

Lionel Barrymore, Lew Ayres, Lana Turner, Laraine Day, Nat Pendleton ... see more  , Samuel S. Hinds , Lynne Carver , Emma Dunn , Walter Kingsford , Alma Kruger , Marie Blake , Reed Hadley , Nell Craig , Don 'Red' Barry , Harlan Briggs , Henry Hunter , Aileen Pringle , Clinton Rosemond , Phillip Terry , Ann E. Todd , Roger Converse , George Offerman , Johnny Walsh

The second of MGM's "Dr. Kildare" series, Calling Dr. Kildare finds the title character (Lew Ayres) transferred to Blair General's downtown outpatient clinic by his crusty superior Dr. Gillespie (Lion... read more el Barrymore). It is Gillespie's hope that Kildare will gain valuable experience by working in less than ideal circumstances. A wounded gangster stumbles into the clinic; he is treated by Kildare, who is almost immediately tagged as the criminal's accomplice by the police. Kildare clears himself after burrowing through several subplots and the sporadic comedy relief of ambulance jockey Nat Pendleton. Calling Dr. Kildare was primarily a showcase for MGM's new starlet Lana Turner, here playing the gangster's cute sister. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi