Internes Can’t Take Money (1937)

Internes Can’t Take Money (1937)

„Internes Can’t Take Money“ is a 1937 Black & White drama film directed by Alfred Santell. The screenplay by Rian James and Theodore Reeves is based on a 1936 story of the same title from the „Dr. Kildare series“ by Max Brand (Frederick Schiller Faust).

At New York’s Mountview General Hospital, the impoverished widow of a bank robber, Janet Haley, faints while , an intern at the hospital, Dr. James „Jimmie“ Kildare, treats her for burns. Janet’s been in prison and can’t find her baby.

Meanwhile, chief surgeon Dr. Henry J. Fearson fires intern Dr. Jim Weeks for performing an experimental liver operation during which the patient died.

Later at the bar where Dr. Kildare is having a beer, the two cross paths again as Janet approaches gangster Dan Innes to find out how to get back her kidnapped daughter. Innes demands $1,000 in order to give Janet any information, but poverty-stricken Janet, a parolee working a dangerous, low-wage job, doesn’t have the money to pay him.

That same night, gangster boss Hanlon stumbles in and collapses at the bar with a knife wound. Dr. Kildare performs an impromptu back-room operation with Janet’s help and saves Hanlon’s life. A friendship begins to grow between Janet and Dr. Kildare.

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.

Cast:

• Barbara Stanwyck – Janet Haley
• Joel McCrea – James Kildare
• Lloyd Nolan – Hanlon
• Stanley Ridges – Innes
• Lee Bowman – Interne Weeks
• Barry Macollum – Stooly Martin
• Irving Bacon – Jeff
• Steve Pendleton – Interne Jones
• Pierre Watkin – Dr. Fearson
• Charles Lane – Grote
• James Bush – Haines
• Nick Lukats – Interne
• Anthony Nace – Dr. Riley
• Fay Holden – Mother Teresa
• Frank Bruno – Eddie

„Assistenzarzt Dr. Kilder“ (Internes Can’t Take Money; dt.: Praktikanten dürfen keinGeld annehmen) ist ein Schwarz-Weiß-Drama aus dem Jahr 1937 unter der Regie von Alfred Santell. Das Drehbuch von Rian James und Theodore Reeves basiert auf der gleichnamigen Geschichte aus der „Dr. Kildare-Serie“ von Max Brand (Frederick Schiller Faust) aus dem Jahr 1936.

Im New Yorker Mountview General Hospital fällt die verarmte Witwe eines Bankräubers, Janet Haley, in Ohnmacht, während der Assistenzarzt Dr. James „Jimmie“ Kildare sie wegen Verbrennungen behandelt. Janet hat im Gefängnis gesessen und kann ihr Baby nicht finden.

In der Zwischenzeit entlässt der Chefchirurg Dr. Henry J. Fearson den Praktikanten Dr. Jim Weeks, weil er eine experimentelle Leberoperation durchgeführt hat, bei der der Patient starb.