CALLING DR GILLESPIE Original Daybill Movie Poster Lionel Barrymore Philip Dorn Donna Reed

Calling Dr. Gillespie (1942)

Directed by Harold S. Bucquet.

With Lionel Barrymore, Philip Dorn, Donna Reed

Calling Dr. Gillespie is a 1942 drama film directed by Harold S. Bucquet, starring Lionel Barrymore, Donna Reed and Philip Dorn. This was a continuation of the series that had starred Lew Ayres as Dr. Kildare. Ayres, however, had declared conscientious objector status to World War II, and was taken off the film. Kildare’s mentor, Dr. Gillespie, portrayed here and in earlier films by Barrymore, became the lead character. In this first Kildare-less entry, Gillespie has a new assistant, refugee Dutch surgeon Dr. John Hunter Gerniede.