Dr. Kildare Goes Home

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Dr. Kildare Goes Home

"No. 5: The Case of the Cancelled Wedding"

1940

1h 19m

6.8(7 votes)

Drama

Overview

A young doctor gives up big-city success to help his father set up a small-town clinic.

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39 members

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Lew Ayres

Dr. James Kildare

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Lionel Barrymore

Dr. Leonard Gillespie

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Laraine Day

Nurse Mary Lamont

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Samuel S. Hinds

Dr. Stephen Kildare

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Gene Lockhart

George Winslow

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John Shelton

Dr. Davidson

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Nat Pendleton

Joe Wayman

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Emma Dunn

Mrs. Martha Kildare

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Alma Kruger

Molly Byrd

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Walter Kingsford

Dr. Walter Carew

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Nell Craig

Nurse Parker

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Cliff Danielson

Dr. Jordan

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Henry Wadsworth

Collins

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Tom Collins

Joiner

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George H. Reed

Conover

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Donald Briggs

Mr. Brownlee

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Leona Maricle

Mrs. Brownlee

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Archie Twitchell

Bates

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Marie Blake

Sally

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Charles Trowbridge

Atkinson

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Arthur O'Connell

Intern (uncredited)

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Eddie Acuff

Clifford Genet - an Orderly (uncredited)

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Erville Alderson

Boylston - City Council Member (uncredited)

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Arthur Aylesworth

Mr. Cobb - a Farmer (uncredited)

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Barbara Bedford

Carew's Secretary (uncredited)

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Jack Carr

Dr. Marsh (uncredited)

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Mary Cecil

Mrs. Deering (uncredited)

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George Chandler

Parkersville Counterman (uncredited)

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Ken Christy

Dickson - City Council Member (uncredited)

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Jane Drummond

Nurse Probationer (uncredited)

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Ralph Dunn

Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

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Bob Ingersoll

Carpenter Adding Sign on Door (uncredited)

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Claire McDowell

Nurse for Mr. Winslow (uncredited)

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Horace McMahon

Foghorn Murphy (uncredited)

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Frank Orth

Mike Ryan (uncredited)

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Milton Parsons

Parkersville Crazy Man (uncredited)

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Ruth Robinson

Mother of Baby (uncredited)

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Ferris Taylor

Dr. Coldridge (uncredited)

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Kay Vallon

Nurse Shaw (uncredited)

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