Dr. Kildare's Strange Case

1940

Action / Crime / Drama

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 17% · 1 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 17% · 50 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 693 693

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Plot summary

Kildare tries brain surgery, advised by Dr. Gillespie, and faces a rival for nurse Lamont.

Director

Harold S. Bucquet Photo
Harold S. Bucquet

Top cast

Horace McMahon Photo
Horace McMahon as J. Harold 'Fog Horn' Murphy
Alma Kruger Photo
Alma Kruger as Molly Byrd, Superintendant of Nurses
Samuel S. Hinds Photo
Samuel S. Hinds as Dr. Stephen Kildare
Frank Orth Photo
Frank Orth as Mike Ryan, Sullivan's Hospital Cafe
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by mgmstar128 7 / 10

Dr. Kildare makes a dangerous decision

This entry into the Dr. Kildare series was enjoyable but not as compelling for this reviewer as other installments were.As usual, Dr. Gillespie allows Dr. Jimmy Kildare to think that Jimmy is making his own decisions, all the while being controlled by the octogenarian.Nurse Mary Lamont has not yet landed the good doctor, and here is dating Dr. Lane the brain surgeon and our beloved Dr. Kildare.Once again, Dr. Kildare's parents make an appearance, and Ma Kildare once again gives her son her willing shoulder to lean upon. The series always showed a close parent-child relationship, especially between Jimmy and his mother.Dr. Kildare must make a decision in this entry which could derail his entire career at Blair General Hospital. This type of plot line would be handled in a much more serious manner today, but it was interesting to see how it was handled back in 1940.
Reviewed by bkoganbing 5 / 10

Reckless Dr. Kildare

Medically speaking in Dr. Kildare's Strange Case, Lew Ayres drew to an insight straight. In seeking to help save Sheppard Strudwick's reputation as a neurosurgeon, Ayres performs a completely reckless act without official authorization to prove a point.Ayres does all this mind you even with the fact that Strudwick who is at the top of his field and pulling down big bucks to add to the big bucks he inherited is making moves on nurse Laraine Day with whom Ayres has a running romance with in the series. Ayres on the other hand is surviving on the meager pay of an intern. But this was the days of the Code and doctors were almost always portrayed as saints.Strudwick in the film is having a crisis of confidence and rumors that he's losing his touch are spreading. He's lost several patients, not his fault because brain surgery is always risky. Still with Ayres assistance he's operating on John Eldredge who was brought in without identification and disheveled. The operation is a success, but the patient is raving like a lunatic.Ayres, Lionel Barrymore as Dr. Gillespie and the rest of the Kildare regulars perform magnificently bringing a rather incredulous story to the screen. In real life even if he succeeded in his treatment, young Dr. Kildare would have probably lost his medical license and been hit with a malpractice suit that some dial a shyster lawyer. And I'm sure the rest of Blair General Hospital would not have been left out.What does Kildare do and how does it come out. For that you see Dr. Kildare's Strangest Case.
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