''Dr. Kildare's Victory'' is a 1942 film directed by
W. S. Van Dyke. It stars
Lew Ayres
Lewis Frederick Ayres III (December 28, 1908 – December 30, 1996) was an American actor whose film and television career spanned 65 years. He is best known for starring as German soldier Paul Bäumer in the film ''All Quiet on the Western Fro ...
and
Lionel Barrymore. It is the ninth and last of the MGM
Dr. Kildare movie series.
Plot
Dr. Kildare is involved in a dispute between two competing hospitals. The trouble begins when an intern rushes a beautiful girl to Kildare's hospital. She has a shard of glass imbedded in her heart.
Cast
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Lew Ayres
Lewis Frederick Ayres III (December 28, 1908 – December 30, 1996) was an American actor whose film and television career spanned 65 years. He is best known for starring as German soldier Paul Bäumer in the film ''All Quiet on the Western Fro ...
as
Dr. Kildare
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Lionel Barrymore as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
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Ann Ayars as Cynthia Cookie Charles
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Robert Sterling as Dr. Donald Withrop
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Jean Rogers
Jean Rogers (born Eleanor Dorothy Lovegren; March 25, 1916 – February 24, 1991) was an American actress who starred in serial films in the 1930s and low–budget feature films in the 1940s as a leading lady. She is best remembered for ...
as Ms Annabelle Kirkie
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Alma Kruger as Nurse Molly Byrd
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Walter Kingsford as Dr. Walter Carew
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Nell Craig as Nurse Parker
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Edward Gargan as Orderly Willie Brooks
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Marie Blake as Sally, Switchboard Operator
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Frank Orth as Michael 'Mike' Ryan
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George Reed as Conover (as George H. Reed)
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Barry Nelson as Samuel Z. Cutter
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Eddie Acuff as Orderly Clifford Genet
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Gus Schilling as Orderly Leo Cobb
* Stuart Crawford as Arnold Spencer
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William Bakewell as Mr. Hubble
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Charlotte Wynters as Mrs. Hubble
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Mary Field as Ms. Nixon (uncredited)
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Ray Walker as Taxi Driver with Injured Man (uncredited)
Production
A follow-up film titled ''Born to be Bad'' was planned, but after Ayres requested conscientious objector status, he was let go and the Dr. Kildare series came to an end, to be replaced with a series of films centered on Dr. Gillespie.
References
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1942 films
1942 crime drama films
American black-and-white films
American crime drama films
Films about surgeons
Films directed by W. S. Van Dyke
Films scored by Lennie Hayton
Films set in New York City
Films set in hospitals
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
1940s American films
1940s English-language films
English-language crime drama films
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