Dr. Gillespie’s New Assistant (1942)

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Country: USA
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Release: 1942-11-01
Director: Willis Goldbeck
Writers: Harry Ruskin , Willis Goldbeck , Lawrence P. Bachmann
Language: English
Stars: Lionel Barrymore (1878–1954) , Van Johnson , Susan Peters , Richard Quine , Keye Luke (1904–1991) , Alma Kruger , Nat Pendleton (1895–1967) , Stephen McNally , Frank Orth , Walter Kingsford
Runtime: 87 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant (Canada) , Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant (United States of America) , O Assistente do Dr. Gillespie (Brazil) , Los tres rivales (Mexico) , Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant , Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant (United Kingdom)
Plot: Dr. Gillespie's health is failing, and the hospital is urging him to get a new assistant that he doesn't want. So, he poses a stumper in class to discourage all the bright young students; unfortunately, he gets three smart-alecky youngsters who all know the answer: Randall Adams (clean-cut American type), Lee Wong How (from Brooklyn), and Dennis LIndsey (Aussie). In typical Gillespie fashion, he sets about showing them there's more to doctoring than book-learning, and assigns each intern to an impossible case of diagnosis, saying that whoever gets it right will become his new assistant.
IMDB:tt0034680