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Movie Info

Young Dr. Kildare (Lew Ayres) presses his exhausted mentor, Dr. Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore), to go on a much-needed vacation while he takes a case caring for the daughter of Wall Street tycoon Paul Messenger (Lionel Atwill). Kildare pretends to be a friend of the family to examine Nancy (Helen Gilbert) and learns she has blinding headaches. After the housekeeper confides that she has told Nancy she has a tumor like the one that killed her mother, Kildare struggles to make a proper diagnosis.

Genre:

drama
Original Language:

English
Director:

Harold S. Bucquet
Release Date (Streaming):

Nov 12, 2019
Runtime:

1h 24m
Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Cast & Crew

Lew Ayres
Dr. James "Jimmy" Kildare

Lionel Barrymore
Dr. Leonard Barry Gillespie

Lionel Atwill
Paul Messenger

Laraine Day
Nurse Mary Lamont

Helen Gilbert
Nancy Messenger

Nat Pendleton
Joe Wayman

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Critic Reviews for The Secret of Dr. Kildare

All Critics (1) | Fresh (1)

It's all pretty silly, but the actors project just the right tone, avoiding life-or-death hysterics and keeping a sly edge.

June 9, 2006 | Full Review…

Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

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Audience Reviews for The Secret of Dr. Kildare

Sep 23, 2010

An okay movie. I was a bit annoyed that Dr. Kildare didn't really have any kind of deep dark secret, or any secrets at all, really. I did enjoy the movie, though, it was charming and dramatic. Of course, I knew what was wrong with Dr. Kildare's patient two scenes before he did, so he seemed like an idiot, as did some of the other characters sometimes. This movie started out trying to be a dark dramatic adventure, but ended up a sweet happy family friendly drama instead. It's interesting, but disappointing.

Aj V Super Reviewer