---
title: 'Calling Dr. Kildare (1939)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Harold S. Bucquet'
released: '1939-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 86
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/calling-dr-kildare-1939'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031133/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Calling Dr. Kildare (1939)

1939 · 86 min · Drama, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

Calling Dr. Kildare is a 1939 film in the Dr. Kildare series. Directed by Harold S. Bucquet, it stars Lew Ayres as the young Dr. Kildare and Lionel Barrymore as Dr. Gillespie, his mentor. The second of MGM's series of Kildare films, it introduces Laraine Day as nurse Mary Lamont, the love of Kildare's life.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Harold S. Bucquet](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-s-bucquet)
- **Original Music Composer:** [David Snell](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-snell)
- **Director of Photography:** [Alfred Gilks](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-gilks)
- **Editor:** [Robert J. Kern](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-j-kern)

## Cast

- [Nat Pendleton](https://cinepixo.com/people/nat-pendleton)
- [Alma Kruger](https://cinepixo.com/people/alma-kruger)
- [Reed Hadley](https://cinepixo.com/people/reed-hadley)
- [Lana Turner](https://cinepixo.com/people/lana-turner)
- [Samuel S. Hinds](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-s-hinds)
- [Laraine Day](https://cinepixo.com/people/laraine-day)
- [Lew Ayres](https://cinepixo.com/people/lew-ayres)
- [Dorothy Adams](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorothy-adams)
- [Lynne Carver](https://cinepixo.com/people/lynne-carver)
- [Emma Dunn](https://cinepixo.com/people/emma-dunn)
- [Horace McMahon](https://cinepixo.com/people/horace-mcmahon)
- [Walter Kingsford](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-kingsford)
- [Lionel Barrymore](https://cinepixo.com/people/lionel-barrymore)
- [Don "Red" Barry](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-red-barry)
- [Aileen Pringle](https://cinepixo.com/people/aileen-pringle)

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