MEET DR. CHRISTIAN (1939) Bernard Vorhaus, Jean Hersholt & Dorothy Lovett | Drama | B&W

Meet Dr. Christian is a 1939 American drama film directed by Bernard Vorhaus and starring Jean Hersholt, Dorothy Lovett and Robert Baldwin. It was the first of six films in the Dr. Christian series.

SYNOPSIS
A pleasant down-home entry which casts Hersholt as the title doctor in the mythical town of River's End, Minnesota.

CAST & CREW
Jean Hersholt as Dr. Paul Christian
Dorothy Lovett as Nurse Judy Price
Robert Baldwin as Roy Davis
Enid Bennett as Anne Hewitt
Paul Harvey as Mayor John Hewitt
Marcia Mae Jones as Marilee
Jackie Moran as Don Hewitt
Maude Eburne as Mrs. Hastings
Frank Coghlan Jr. as Bud
Patsy Parsons as Patsy Hewitt
Sarah Edwards as Mrs. Minnows
John Kelly as Jim Cass
Eddie Acuff as Joe Benson

Directed by Bernard Vorhaus
Written by Harvey Gates (story), Ian McLellan Hunter (writer), Ring Lardner Jr. (writer)
Produced by William Stephens
Cinematography Robert Pittack, John Alton
Edited by Edward Mann
Music by Joseph Nussbaum
Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures
Release date November 17, 1939
Running time 68 minutes
Country United States
Language English