Dr. Kildare - Auf Messers Schneide (1940)
An das Blair General Hospital in New York ist mit Dr. Gregory Lane ein talentierter und reicher Arzt gekommen, der sich auf Operationen am Gehirn spezialisiert hat. Dr. Leonard Gillespie und sein Assistent Dr. James Kildare verweisen einen Patienten an ihn; sie halten die Operation für gefährlich, aber auch unumgänglich. Auch der Patient besteht auf der Operation, da er ansonsten erblinden würde. Auch die Krankenschwester Mary Lamont, die Geliebte von Dr. Kildare, ist an der Operation beteiligt, die weitgehend wie geplant verläuft. Trotzdem stirbt der Patient...
Der Regisseur:
Harold S. Bucquet
Die Autor:
Harry Ruskin, Willis Goldbeck.
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Lew Ayres as Dr. James Kildare |
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Lionel Barrymore as Dr. Leonard Gillespie |
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Laraine Day as Nurse Mary Lamont |
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Shepperd Strudwick as Dr. Gregory 'Greg' Lane |
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Samuel S. Hinds as Dr. Stephen Kildare |
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Emma Dunn as Mrs. Martha Kildare |
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Nat Pendleton as Joe Wayman, Ambulance Driver |
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Walter Kingsford as Dr. S.J. 'Walter' Carew, Hospital Administrator |
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Alma Kruger as Molly Byrd, Superintendant of Nurses |
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John Eldredge as Henry Adams, Amnesia Patient |
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Nell Craig as Nurse 'Nosey' Parker |
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Marie Blake as Sally, Hospital Switchboard Operator |
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Charles Waldron as Dr. 'Egghead' Squires, Messinger Inst. |
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George Lessey as Rufus Ingersoll |
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Tom Collins as Dr. Joiner |
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George H. Reed as Conover, Gillespie's Attendant |
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Paul Porcasi as Antonio 'Tony', the Hospital Chef |
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Horace McMahon as J. Harold 'Fog Horn' Murphy |
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Frank Orth as Mike Ryan, Sullivan's Hospital Cafe |
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Margaret Seddon as Mrs. Julia Cray, Skin Alergy Patient |
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Fay Helm as Mrs. Henry Adams |
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William Bailey as Spectator in Operating Theatre (uncredited) |
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Stephen Chase as Ambulance Interne (uncredited) |
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Donald Douglas as Mr. Grayson, Patient losing Eye Sight (uncredited) |
| Writing | Harry Ruskin | Screenplay |
| Writing | Max Brand | Story |
| Writing | Willis Goldbeck | Story |
| Directing | Harold S. Bucquet | Director |
| Writing | Willis Goldbeck | Screenplay |
| Editing | Gene Ruggiero | Editor |
| Art | Eddie Imazu | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Douglas Shearer | Recording Supervision |
| Art | Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Sound | David Snell | Music |
| Camera | John F. Seitz | Director of Photography |
