Internes Can't Take Money
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Alfred Santell
Barbara Stanwyck
Joel Mccrea
Lloyd Nolan
Stanley Ridges
Lee Bowman
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
At New York's Mountview General Hospital, widow Janet Haley faints while intern Dr. Jimmie Kildare treats her for burns. Meanwhile, chief surgeon Dr. Henry J. Fearson fires intern Dr. Weeks for performing an experimental liver operation during which the patient died. Later at the bar where Jimmie is having a beer, Janet approaches gangster Dan Innes to find out how to get back her kidnapped daughter. Innes demands $1,000 for the information, but poverty-stricken Janet is unable to pay. When gangster boss Hanlon collapses at the bar from a knife wound, Jimmie performs an impromptu operation with Janet's help and saves Hanlon's life. The next morning, Janet goes to Innes' residence and he propositions her, but she refuses him. She then goes to work but discovers that she has been fired because of tardiness. Jimmie decides to visit Janet because she did not show up for her follow-up appointment. He first stops at the bar, where the bartender gives him $1,000 from Hanlon for saving his life. Later, Janet tries to steal the money, but Jimmie catches her and, disillusioned, leaves. Jimmie returns the money to Hanlon, explaining that interns are not allowed to receive payments for their services. Finally, Janet agrees to Innes' proposition and gives Jimmie an explanatory note. To repay Jimmie's favor, Hanlon rounds up his men and stops Innes and Janet before they leave town. Innes is shot, however, and Jimmie must perform the experimental liver operation. The operation is successful and Janet is reunited with her long-lost daughter.
Director
Alfred Santell
Cast
Barbara Stanwyck
Joel Mccrea
Lloyd Nolan
Stanley Ridges
Lee Bowman
Barry Macollum
Irving Bacon
Gaylord Pendleton
Pierre Watkin
Charles Lane
James Bush
Nick Lukats
Anthony Nace
Fay Holden
Frank Bruno
Lillian Harmer
May Wallace
John "skins" Miller
Elmer Jerome
George Lynn
Jack Mulhall
Mack Gray
Lee Phelps
Lillian West
Maryon Hall
Evelyn Dockson
Gertrude Simpson
Helen Brown
Priscilla Lawson
Frances Morris
Emma Tansey
Lucille Ward
Rita Owin
Dora Clemant
Harvey Clark
Charles Moore
Alexander Schonberg
Harry Tyler
Jack Daley
Frank Marlowe
Nick Copeland
Charles Sherlock
Gloria Williams
Betty Sayles
Mimi Lawler
Eddie Dunn
Jack Raymond
James Adamson
Frances Jean Peterson
Agostino Borgato
Ora May Carlson
Chloe Pat Church
Yvonne Dunkerley
Donna Staley
Lillian Dean
Grace Hale
"beans" Reardon
Bryson Rogers
George Hunter
Marty Santell
Crew
Roland Anderson
Roland Asher
Travis Banton
Hans Dreier
A. E. Freudeman
Benjamin Glazer
Doane Harrison
Rian James
Charley Kisco
Harold Lewis
Louis Mesenkop
Boris Morros
Theodore Reeves
Theodor Sparkuhl
Gregory Stone
Dr. John J. Toma
Wally Westmore
Victor Young
Adolph Zukor
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Maybe it's the cops.- Bookie
Cops don't knock, they break in.- 'Chief' Hanlon
Trivia
First in the Dr. Kildare series. MGM continued the series and recast Lew Ayres as Dr. Kildare.
Notes
At the time of the film's release, the word "intern" was spelled with an "e" at the end, however, modern usage has dropped the last letter. The pre-release title was You Can't Take Money. According to the pressbook, technical advisor Dr. John J. Toma was chief resident physician at Hollywood Hospital, and the cast included ten interns from the same hospital. From the 1940s to the 1970s Max Brand wrote several novels featuring Dr. Kildare. In 1938, M-G-M initiated a successful series of films based on the same character. For information on that series, see the entry for Young Doctor Kildare below.
