Doctors Don't Tell
1941·United States·65 min.
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Dr. Ralph Snyder and Dr. Frank Blake open an office together but soon split over a rivalry for nightclub singer Diana Wayne and a difference over ethics. In an effort to make some quick money and marry Diana, Blake becomes a retainer for gangster Joe Grant while the upright (and uptight) Sawyer becomes a medical examiner in the district attorney's office. Grant is involved in a murder and forces Blake to remove an identifying scar, thereby proving that all gangsters should keep a doctor on retainment. But Blake has a change of heart and shows up at Grant's trial, spills the beans and Grant is convicted. Consequently, Blake loses his license, Diana and then his life, proving that the "do-tell' doctor should have heeded the film title.
DirectorJacques Tourneur
MusicMort Glickman
CinematographyErnest Miller
CastJohn Beal·Florence Rice·Edward Norris·Ward Bond·Douglas Fowley·Grady Sutton·Bill Shirley·Joseph Crehan·Paul Porcasi·Russell Hicks·Howard C. Hickman·June GittelsonShow all
Original titleDoctors Don't Tell