Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case is a 1943 film in the Dr. Kildare series. Based on characters created by Max Brand. The third of MGM's Dr. Gillespie series (6 in all) to dispense with the services of Dr. Kildare (Lew Ayres) (8 in all) after Dr. Kildare's Victory (1942).
Plot
Dr. Gillespie is kidnapped by mentally unstable convict patient Roy Todwell and his gang.
One nurse dies of erysipelas, while four children successfully recover.
Cast Lionel Barrymore as Dr. Leonard B. Gillespie Van Johnson as Dr. Randall 'Red' Adams Keye Luke as Dr. Lee Wong How Alma Kruger as Molly Byrd John Craven as Roy Todwell Nat Pendleton as Joe Wayman Margaret O'Brien as Margaret Donna Reed as Marcia Bradburn Michael Duane as Sgt. Patrick J. Orisin William Lundigan as Alvin F. Peterson Walter Kingsford as Dr. Walter Carew Marilyn Maxwell as Ruth Edly Henry O'Neill as Warden Kenneson Marie Blake as Sally Frances Rafferty as Irene
Reception According to MGM records the movie earned $510,000 in the US and Canada and $272,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $179,000.
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