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Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

1943
1h 29m
Crime/Drama/Mystery
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Cast

Lionel Barrymore (Dr. Leonard B. Gillespie)Van Johnson (Dr. Randall 'Red' Adams)Keye Luke (Dr. Lee Wong How)Alma Kruger (Molly Byrd)John Craven (Roy Todwell)Nat Pendleton (Joe Wayman)Margaret O'Brien (Margaret)Donna Reed (Marcia Bradburn)Michael Duane (Sgt. Patrick J. Orisin)William Lundigan (Alvin F. Peterson)Walter Kingsford (Dr. Walter Carew)Marilyn Maxwell (Ruth Edly)Henry O'Neill (Warden Kenneson)Marie Blake (Sally)Frances Rafferty (Irene)Ted Adams (Stapleton, Prison Guard)Margaret Adden (Nurse)Roy Barcroft (Prison Guard)

Director

Willis Goldbeck

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Synopsis

When Roy, a homicidal maniac was put away for murder, Gillespie tried to get him committed to an insane asylum instead. Now the guy's ex-fiancee wants to marry a soldier, and she goes to Gillespie for advice about Roy. Meanwhile, Red's pursued by a pretty socialite, Lee encourages a double-amputee to live, Gillespie and the boys fight to save little Margaret from an epidemic in the children's ward, and Roy breaks out of prison...with a gun...

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