Dr. Kildare's Victory

1942 US film directed by W. S. Van Dyke

June 25, 1942 (1942-06-25)

Running time

92 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Dr. Kildare's Victory is a 1942 film directed by W. S. Van Dyke. It stars Lew Ayres and Lionel Barrymore.^[1] 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.^[2]

Cast

Lew Ayres as Dr. Kildare
Lionel Barrymore as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Ann Ayars as Cynthia Cookie Charles
Robert Sterling as Dr. Donald Withrop
Jean Rogers as Ms Annabelle Kirkie
Alma Kruger as Nurse Molly Byrd
Walter Kingsford as Dr. Walter Carew
Nell Craig as Nurse Parker
Edward Gargan as Orderly Willie Brooks
Marie Blake as Sally, Switchboard Operator
Frank Orth as Michael 'Mike' Ryan
George Reed as Conover (as George H. Reed)
Barry Nelson as Samuel Z. Cutter
Eddie Acuff as Orderly Clifford Genet
Gus Schilling as Orderly Leo Cobb
Stuart Crawford as Arnold Spencer
William Bakewell as Mr. Hubble
Charlotte Wynters as Mrs. Hubble
Mary Field as Ms. Nixon (uncredited)
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.^[3]

References

^ "Dr. Kildare's Victory (1941) - W.S. Van Dyke | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
^ "Dr. Kildare's Victory (1941) - W.S. Van Dyke | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
^ THOMAS F. BRADY (Apr 5, 1942). "A FEW HOLLYWOOD ACHES AND PAINS: Metro Gauges Public Reaction to Ayres Case -- Mr. Raft Protests". New York Times. p. X3.

External links

Dr. Kildare's Victory at IMDb
Dr. Kildare's Victory at AllMovie
Dr. Kildare's Victory at the TCM Movie Database
Dr. Kildare's Victory at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

Dr. Kildare by Max Brand

Films

Dr. Gillespie films

Calling Dr. Gillespie (1942)
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant (1942)
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case (1943)
Three Men in White (1944)
Between Two Women (1945)
Dark Delusion (1947)

Television series

Dr. Kildare (1961–1966)
Young Dr. Kildare (1972–1973)

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