''Three Men in White'' is a 1944 American

comedy-drama Comedy drama (also known by the portmanteau dramedy) is a hybrid genre of works that combine elements of comedy and Drama (film and television), drama. In film, as well as scripted television series, serious dramatic subjects (such as death, il ...

film in the Dr Kildare series directed by

Willis Goldbeck Willis Goldbeck (October 24, 1898 – September 17, 1979) was an American screenwriter, film director and producer. He wrote for 40 films between 1923 and 1962. He also directed ten films between 1942 and 1951. Willis graduated from Worcest ...

. It stars

Lionel Barrymore Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Herbert Blyth; April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in '' A Free Soul'' (1931) ...

Van Johnson Charles Van Dell Johnson (August 25, 1916 – December 12, 2008) was an American actor and dancer. He had a prolific career in film, television, theatre and radio, which spanned over 50 years, from 1940 to 1992. He was a major star at Metr ...

, and

Marilyn Maxwell Marvel Marilyn Maxwell (August 3, 1921 – March 20, 1972) was an American actress and entertainer. In a career that spanned the 1940s and 1950s, she appeared in several films and radio programs, and entertained the troops during World War ...

Ava Gardner Ava Lavinia Gardner (December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was an American actress during the Golden Age of Hollywood. She first signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1941 and appeared mainly in small roles until she drew critics' att ...

has a supporting role.

Plot

A competition between Ames and How to be Gillespie's new assistant. Ames' involvement with a beautiful young woman who passed out in a car, presumably from drinking but in fact had no alcohol in her system, and her mother, whose intense arthritis has her kept in a neck brace and a chair, unable to move without pain.

Cast

as Dr. Leonard B. Gillespie *

as Dr. Randall "Red" Ames *

as Ruth Edley *

Keye Luke Keye Luke (; June 18, 1904 – January 12, 1991) was a Chinese-born American actor, and a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild. He portrayed Lee Chan, the "Number One Son" in the Charlie Chan films, the original Kato in the 1939–1941 ...

as Dr. Lee Wong How *

as Jean Brown *

Alma Kruger Alma Kruger (September 13, 1871 – April 5, 1960) was an American actress. Career Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Kruger had a long career on stage before appearing in films. From 1907 to 1935, she featured in theatre plays on Broadway, ...

as Molly Bird *

Rags Ragland Rags Ragland (born John Lee Morgan Beauregard Ragland, August 23, 1905 – August 20, 1946) was an American comedian and character actor. Personal life Ragland was born on August 23, 1905, in Louisville, Kentucky, to parents Adam Joseph Ragland ...

as Hobart Genet *

Nell Craig Nell Craig (June 13, 1891 – January 5, 1965) was an American actress. Partial filmography * ''In the Palace of the King'' (1916, Essanay) * '' The Triflers'' (1920) * ''The Desperate Hero'' (1920) * '' Passion's Playground'' (1920) * '' Her ...

as Nurse "Nosey" Parker

Box office

According to MGM records the film earned $600,000 in the US and Canada and $268,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $121,000.

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* 1944 films 1944 comedy-drama films American black-and-white films American comedy-drama films Films about surgeons Films directed by Willis Goldbeck Films scored by Nathaniel Shilkret Films set in New York City Films set in hospitals Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films 1940s English-language films 1940s American films English-language comedy-drama films {{1940s-US-comedy-film-stub

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