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Calling Dr. Gillespie

1942, Movie, NR, 84 mins

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Really only notable as the film that the erstwhile Dr. Kildare, Lew Ayres, had to stop working on because he had declared conscientious objector status in WW II. The role was rewritten, re-cast, and re-shot using foreign actor Dorn as young doctor Gerniede who was made Dutch to explain his accent. The new casting really doesn't matter because Barrymore, as usual, dominates the movie. Plot concerns a homicidal maniac, Brown, and his distraught girl friend, Reed, who call on B... read more leave a comment
Wheelchair-bound Dr. Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore) must fight off a homicidal maniac in Calling Dr. Gillespie (1942).
Free | TCM

Posted: 8/1/2008
Year: 1942
Rated NR

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Cast
Lionel Barrymore: Dr. Gillespie
Philip Dorn: Dr. Gerniede
Donna Reed: Marcia Bradburn
Phil Brown: Roy Todwell
Nat Pendleton: Joe Wayman
Alma Kruger: Molly Byrd

 

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