The People vs. Dr. Kildare (My Life Is Yours) (1941)
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Dr. Jim Kildare (Lew Ayres) plays Good Samaritan with potentially disastrous results in The People vs. Dr. Kildare. Happening upon the scene of a motor accident, Kildare performs an emergency operation on crash victim Frances Marlowe (Bonita Granville), an ice-skating star. While recovering in Blair… More Dr. Jim Kildare (Lew Ayres) plays Good Samaritan with potentially disastrous results in The People vs. Dr. Kildare. Happening upon the scene of a motor accident, Kildare performs an emergency operation on crash victim Frances Marlowe (Bonita Granville), an ice-skating star. While recovering in Blair General Hospital, Frances discovers that her leg is paralyzed, and promptly sues Kildare and his hospital for negligence, to the tune of $100,000 (real money back in 1941!) Just when all seems lost, Kildare's irascible mentor Dr. Leonard Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore) ascertains the true source of Frances' paralysis, leading to another operation and?..and, well, it's better seen than read. Questionable comedy relief is provided by Red Skelton as dumbell orderly Vernon Briggs (Skelton was never truly comfortable in this type of role), while an unbilled Dwight Frye ("Renfield" in the original Dracula) shows up as a mild-mannered jury foreman. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Harold S. Bucquet
- Genres
- Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- May 2, 1941 Wide
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Cast
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Lew Ayres
as Dr. James Kildare
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Lionel Barrymore
as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
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Laraine Day
as Mary Lamont
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Bonita Granville
as Frances Marlowe
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Alma Kruger
as Molly Byrd
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Red Skelton
as Vernon Briggs Janitor
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Paul Stanton
as Mr. Reynolds
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Diana Lewis
as Fay Lennox
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Walter Kingsford
as Dr. Walter Carew
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Nell Craig
as Nurse "Nosey" Parker
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Tom Conway
as Mr. Channing
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Marie Blake
as Sally
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Eddie Acuff
as Clifford Genet Janitor
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George H. Reed
as Conover
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Chick Chandler
as Dan Morton
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Frank Orth
as Mike Ryan
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Gladys Blake
as Maisie
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Dwight Frye
as Jury Foreman
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Anna Q. Nilsson
as Juror
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Grant Withers
as Cop
