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Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
''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 and 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 (actor), 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willis Goldbeck
Willis Goldbeck (October 24, 1898 – September 17, 1979) was an American screenwriter, film director and producer. He wrote for 40 films between 1923 and 1962. He also directed ten films between 1942 and 1951. Willis graduated from Worcester Academy. Biography Willis Goldbeck was born in New York City. A former journalist, Goldbeck entered films as a screenwriter in the early 1920s. He wrote most of the "Dr. Kildare" series for MGM, starting with the first one, ''Young Dr. Kildare'' (1938), and directed several of them. Although he directed several more films after that—including one of Burt Lancaster's early swashbucklers, ''Ten Tall Men'' (1951)—he mainly concentrated on screenwriting, and in the mid-1950s turned to producing. He retired from films in 1962. He died September 17, 1979 in Sag Harbor, New York, a month before his 81st birthday. Partial filmography * ''The Side Show of Life'' (1924) * '' Open All Night'' (1924) * ''The Alaskan'' (1924) * ''Peter Pan'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |