''The Nurse from Brooklyn'' is a 1938 American

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, directed by S. Sylvan Simon for

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. It stars

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, Paul Kelly, and

Larry J. Blake Larry J. Blake (April 24, 1914 – May 25, 1982) was an American actor. Career A native of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York, he started his career in vaudeville as an impersonator, working his way to a headliner. After appearing at the Roxy Theatr ...

Cast

as Elizabeth Thomas * Paul Kelly as Jim Barnes *

as Larry Craine * Maurice Murphy as Danny Thomas *

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as Inspector Donohue * David Olivier as Detective Branch *

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as 'Ma' Hutchins

References

External links

''The Nurse from Brooklyn''
at the

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