Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case is a 1943 film in the Dr. Kildare series. Based on characters created by Max Brand. The third of MGM's Dr. Gillespie series (6 in all) to dispense with the services of Dr. Kildare (Lew Ayres) (8 in all) after Dr. Kildare's Victory (1942).

Plot
Dr. Gillespie is kidnapped by mentally unstable convict patient Roy Todwell and his gang.

One nurse dies of erysipelas, while four children successfully recover.

Cast

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

Reception
According to MGM records the movie earned $510,000 in the US and Canada and $272,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $179,000.