
No Way Out(1950)
Two hoodlum brothers are brought into hospital for gunshot wounds, and when one dies, the other accuses their Black doctor of murder.


“The Case of the Trainwhistle Murderer!”
Dr. Kildare's friend Dr. Gillespie is called in to investigate when a young man suffering from mental problems disappears on a killing spree.

Lionel Barrymore
Dr. Leonard Gillespie

Philip Dorn
Dr. John Hunter Gerniede

Donna Reed
Marcia Bradburn

Phil Brown
Roy Todwell

Nat Pendleton
Joe Weyman

Alma Kruger
Molly Byrd

Mary Nash
Emma Hope

Walter Kingsford
Dr. Carew

Nell Craig
Nosey Parker

Ruth Tobey
Susan Prentiss
Calling Dr. Gillespie is a drama, thriller, comedy, crime film released in 1942 exploring themes of nurse, doctor, mental illness, crime wave. Directed by Harold S. Bucquet, it stars Lionel Barrymore, Philip Dorn, Donna Reed. Dr. Kildare's friend Dr. Gillespie is called in to investigate when a young man suffering from mental problems disappears on a killing spree.
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