Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

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Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

"The thrilling secret of a soldier's sweetheart!"

1943

1h 29m

5.5(4 votes)

Drama

Crime

Mystery

Overview

In this 13th entry to the Dr. Kildare series, the medical staff of Blair General hospital are challenged with further dilemmas, not the least of which includes a prison inmate who Dr. Gillespie believes belongs instead in an insane asylum.

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56 members

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Lionel Barrymore

Dr. Leonard Gillespie

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Van Johnson

Dr. Randall Adams

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Keye Luke

Dr. Lee Wong How

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Alma Kruger

Molly Byrd

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John Craven

Roy Todwell

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Nat Pendleton

Joe Weyman

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Margaret O'Brien

Margaret

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Donna Reed

Marcia Bradburn

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Michael Duane

Sergeant Patrick J. Orisin

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William Lundigan

Alvin F. Peterson

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Walter Kingsford

Dr. Walter Carew

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Marilyn Maxwell

Ruth Edley

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Henry O'Neill

Warden Kenneson

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Marie Blake

Sally

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Frances Rafferty

Irene

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Milton Kibbee

Briggs (uncredited)

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Ted Adams

Stapleton, Prison Guard (uncredited)

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Margaret Adden

Nurse (uncredited)

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Roy Barcroft

Prison Guard (uncredited)

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Patricia Barker

Edith (uncredited)

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Richard Bartell

Botsford (uncredited)

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Barbara Bedford

Secretary (uncredited)

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Karin Booth

Cashier (uncredited)

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Don Cadell

Big Marine (uncredited)

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Janet Chapman

Mary (uncredited)

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Chick Collins

Convict (uncredited)

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Nell Craig

Nurse 'Nosey' Parker (uncredited)

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Richard Crane

Sailor at Dance (uncredited)

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Boyd Davis

Mr. Coleman (uncredited)

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Helen Dickson

Dowager Hostess (uncredited)

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John Dilson

Green, Parole Board Member (uncredited)

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Yvette Duguay

Aggie (uncredited)

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Ralph Dunn

Tracy - Prison Guard (uncredited)

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Edward Earle

Morris (uncredited)

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Byron Foulger

Father (uncredited)

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Almeda Fowler

Nurse Trippett (uncredited)

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Douglas Fowley

Wallace (uncredited)

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William Haade

Butch - Prison Driver (uncredited)

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Gertrude Hoffmann

Grandmother (uncredited)

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Edna Holland

Nurse Morgan (uncredited)

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George Irving

Rear Admiral (uncredited)

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Jerry Jerome

Convict (uncredited)

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Edward Keane

Stiles (uncredited)

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Arthur Loft

Dr. Post (uncredited)

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George Lynn

Mack (uncredited)

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Matt Moore

Harper (uncredited)

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Betty Jean Nichols

Bit Role (uncredited)

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Robert Emmett O'Connor

Samson (uncredited)

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Lee Phelps

Bronson - Prison Gate Guard (uncredited)

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Aileen Pringle

Chaperon (uncredited)

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Marianne Quon

Lee Ti Fang (uncredited)

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Lorin Raker

Price (uncredited)

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Cap Somers

Prison Guard (uncredited)

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Irene Tedrow

Nurse Katherine Dodd (uncredited)

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Herb Vigran

Orderly (uncredited)

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Grant Withers

Waddy (uncredited)

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