Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
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“The happiest day of a girl's life... and then a strange shadow falls across her love!”
The doctor (Lionel Barrymore) has a Kansan (Van Johnson), an Australian and an Asian from Brooklyn to choose from.
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Part of Dr. Kildare Collection
16 films
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Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
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Cast
16 people
Lionel Barrymore
Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Known for
It's a Wonderful Life
You Can't Take It with You
Van Johnson
Dr. Randall Adams
Known for
The Purple Rose of Cairo
The Caine Mutiny
Susan Peters
Mrs. Howard Allwinn Young
Known for
Random Harvest
Richard Quine
Dr. Dennis Lindsey
Also in
The Clay Pigeon
Babes on Broadway
Keye Luke
Dr. Lee Wong How
Known for
Gremlins
Kung Fu
Alma Kruger
Molly Byrd
Known for
Saboteur
His Girl Friday
Nat Pendleton
Joe Weyman
Known for
The Thin Man
Manhattan Melodrama
Stephen McNally
Howard Allwinn Young
Known for
Winchester '73
Criss Cross
Frank Orth
Mike Ryan
Known for
The Lost Weekend
His Girl Friday
Walter Kingsford
Dr. Walter Carew
Known for
Captains Courageous
The Invisible Ray
Nell Craig
Nurse Parker
Also in
Boom Town
The Whirlpool
Marie Blake
Sally
Known for
The Addams Family
Willis Goldbeck Director · Harry Ruskin Screenplay Lawrence P. Bachmann Screenplay
Worldwide gross $673K · Budget $316K · United States release November 1, 1942
Box office
Budget
$316,000
Worldwide gross
$673,000
Gross vs. budget
2.1×
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · November 1, 1942
Theatrical
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