 The story of Dr. Kildare. Whatsoever house I enter there will I go for the benefit of the sick. And whatsoever things I see or hear concerning the life of men, I will keep silence thereon. Counting such things to be held as sacred trusts. I will exercise my art solely for the cure of my pain. The story of Dr. Kildare starring Lou Ayers and Lionel Barrymore. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer brought you those famous motion pictures. Now this exciting heartwarming series is heard on radio. In just a moment, the story of Dr. Kildare. But first, your announcer. One of the great citadels of American medicine. A clump of gray-white buildings planted deep in the hearts of New York. The nerve center of medical progress were great minds and skilled hands which man's everlasting battle against death and disease. Player general hospital. Where life begins, where life ends, where life goes on. Oh, no. My hands are clean. My heart is pure. Thanks, Parker. Kildare speaking. Hello, Jim. This is Ed Dana. Ed, how are you? Oh, can't complain. Mm-hmm. Was this a social call or a business? I'm afraid it's... No, it's empty. And I hope it stays that way. Sorry. See, when you got here, it was Lieutenant Dana. You're bringing over a prisoner named Mazzotti. The one in the newspaper is called the Payroll Bandit. Is he Shar-Elp? Two bullet wounds that happened during the hold-up. He hasn't had a doctor. Mm-hmm. Oh, that could be bad. Yeah. Parker, you better set up an emergency operating room. Oh, all right. That's Kildare. Well, police case is always bad, Dr. Gillespie. Means armed guards on the ninth floor, and you never know what the patient's going to try. You work your head off to pull him through and then turn him over to the state. Well, at least he lives the healthier life in his cell. Not in this case. Payroll messenger was killed during the robbery. He's up for first degree murder. All right, you all you guys look alike in those uniforms. Yes, we do. Dr. Gillespie, Lieutenant Dana. Glad to meet you, Doctor. Oh, hey, Lieutenant. I'm sorry, but I can't shake hands. You're unclean, you know. Huh? He means surgically unclean, Ed. We've already scrubbed up. Now, what's the location of those bullets? I haven't seen the x-rays. Well, one's high up in the left shoulder. Mm-hmm. The other one's in the chest. The area right around here. Oh, yes. You probably call it by some name a yard long. That's the only thing that gives the medical profession any position of prestige, Lieutenant Dana. The fact that most people don't understand Latin. Oh, all right, Diana. Uh, did Park, I tell you about the case? He just said police emergency bullet wounds. That's right. Two of them. One's probably approved. The other's in the chest, so it may take an incision. All right, Doctor. Oh, and instead of local anesthetic, under the circumstance, it would better have the patient unconscious. Cyclopooping? Right. Okay. See you inside. Well, everything's ready to go, but the patient. You ought to be here any second now. Sergeant Riley's bringing him up on a stretcher. Riley, by the way, will stand guard the rest of the day and evening. I'll send a relief at midnight. Must be likely to happen to this fellow, Lieutenant. He killed a man, Dr. Gillespie. Incidentally, I'd like to be present in the operating room when you take these bullets out. I take them and mark them for evidence. Well, just crawl into one of those white robes, put on a face mask. Am I in the right place? Yeah. Wheel him in, Riley. Hmm. Hmm. Well, heart seems to be holding up all right. I mean, his collar's good. You really like it, huh? Oh, you're conscious. How do you feel? Fine. How do you feel? He's a tough cookie, Jim. I don't think you'll get far talking to him. Dead. Like that payroll messenger. Lousy copper. Well, now that the social amenities are taken care of, let's go to work. Then it looked tighter, too. Number seven forceps, please. There you are, Doctor. Oh, thanks. You'd flattened out any, Jimmie. Oh, I don't think so, but it's right in the center of that muscle group. The round nose 38 shouldn't have flattened much unless it hit a bone. Thanks, Doctor. Oh, thanks. Next thing. Four days with these wounds not dressed? I don't know, Jimmie. He's running a pretty high fever. Wait a second. I think I've got it here. If I can just hold onto that. Yeah. Well, Ed, I guess you'll want this. Yeah. Yeah, it's evidence. Just drop it in this box, if you will. I'll seal this now, and your fellow can sign it when you're through. How's his pulse? Still strong, Jimmie. Oh, he has an amazing constitution. Masetti's tough all the way through. I'll be glad enough when we can move him out of the hospital and into a jail cell. Well, you'll have him guarded, Lieutenant Dana. What could happen? Nothing, actually, but I'll still sleep easier when he's locked up. He even looks dangerous under the anesthetic. We'll be careful, Ed. I'll probably take care of his wounds myself. I'll speak to whichever nurses assign. You can speak to her now, if you like. I meant... You? Oh, now, Diana, I'm not sure that I think that's... You heard what the Lieutenant said. Nothing's going to happen. Of course it isn't, but still, I... Well, let's get that other bullet. It's the street to that lunchroom alone. All right, Parker. All right. Sit there and starve to death then for all I care. I'll buy you dinner if you'll go with me. I had dinner an hour ago. Oh. Well, then I'll just call up and have him send over a sandwich. No, no, you don't. Put that phone down. There'll be no more eating in this office. You know what I found yesterday? Folded up an old lady's broccoli's pathology record? No, what? That slice of salami. I never eat salami. Well, somebody did. Now, go on over there and eat your dinner. I couldn't eat a bite just thinking of that criminal. Oh, confounded Parker. He's on the ninth floor on... Oh, Dr. Glesy, you never know... She's seeing arm killers around every corner, Jimmy. Even scared to walk across the street to Sullivan's. I don't think you have to worry about Miss Eddie if that's it. Diana says he's still delirious. That's the top half roll, huh? I guess those four days of fever and infection took a heavier toll on the scene. He was evidently going on his nerves. Yeah. I noticed that even under the anesthetic. He was as taught as a fiddle scratcher. He's worse now. Diana says he's been rolling and tossing continuously from one side of the bed to the other. I don't know whether it's nerves, fever, or just his imagination working overtime. Well, it's got plenty to work on, Jimmy. Yes, it has. By the way, Parker, I... I haven't had dinner either. Oh, Dr. Kildare, would you? I would. Come on. We'll protect each other. Mr. Mazette, you've got to lie still. You keep irritating those incisions. Well, you try to lie still and get some sleep if you can, huh? Is everything all right in here, Miss? Oh, yes, fine, Sergeant Riley. Except he's so restless. I'm afraid he'll tear his bandages loose. And if I was in his shoes, I'd be restless, too. Oh, so? Too bad. Ah, don't waste no sympathy on him. He never had any for anybody else. Uh, hey, um... I've been sitting outside the door here wondering something. Oh? I noticed you're not wearing no wedding ring. Wondering if you... ever go out with fellas. Oh, yes, Sergeant. I go out quite often. You do. Hmm. Well, I'll be outside calling if you want. Thanks. I will. Here, now. What are we going to do with you? Mr. Mazette, you've got to lie still. Careful. Good heaven, Sergeant Riley. What's the matter? What's going on? No, silly. Put that gun away. He's fallen out of bed. I need some help. No. I'm okay. Take his shoulders. I'll take his feet. Careful with the bandages. Okay. Hi, now. Come on. Get that out of the hole. All right. Get your hands up. Over the cancer wall. Face against it. Move. What are you planning to do? Well, I think the first thing is to get rid of that copper. That's the most brutal thing I ever saw. Then keep remembering it. Get along better that way. What are you going to do? I mean, what are we going to do, baby? We're playing together now. Just you and me all alone. Cozy, huh? Dr. Kiel, there. A pleasure, Parker. Instead of sitting over there expecting any minutes to be shot in the back. Parker, it would have to be in the back. That face of yours would stop the most hardened, desperate... Don't mean that. Yes, I'll be right there. The night supervisor just found Masetti's guard slugged, lying in the room. What? Masetti and Diana are gone. By the great horns. Boom. Parker, call Lieutenant Dana at precinct headquarters and tell him to get over here fast. Dr. Kiel, there in just a moment. Dr. Kiel, there. Dr. Kiel, there. Do you suppose maybe his skull's fractured? It could be. We'll check him in a minute. First, I want to get him conscious enough to answer a few questions. Hand me another ammonia ampoule. Oh. Here you are. Breathe in now, Riley. Deep breath. You were knocked out, Riley. Oh, my God. Yes, yes, I know. Now, listen, Riley. Did he say where he was going? He pretended to fall out of bed. Mm-hmm. He helped the nurse pick him up. He grabbed my gun. Yes, I know. Did you know where he was going? Or did he say what he planned to do? No, he got... He's passed out again. Yeah. Check his pulse, Parker. One thing's sure, he's not going to be able to help us. Come in, Ed. How's Riley? He conscious a minute ago, but no help. He scarcely knows what hit him. As Eddie pulled a trick and slugged him with his own gun. And he's got that gun with him now wherever he is. Yeah, that's right. Well, I've thrown out two fast police cordons, one at six blocks radius and one at a mile. Mm-hmm. Been an APB on the police radio since 20 seconds after I was notified. And we've ordered out the day shift detectives for special duty. We'll get him, Jim. He doesn't have a chance. Ed, how much chance do you think Diana has? Well, she's a nurse, and he's got those bullet holes to think about. She's valuable to him, so... Jim, let's not look on the worst side unless we have to. Being done that can be done. All you can do now is wait and try and relax. It's an easy medicine to prescribe, but it's a hard one to take. You're not very relaxed yourself, you know. Well, I feel the same way you do, Jimmy. I couldn't love that girl anymore if she was my own daughter. But our hands are tight. I know one thing, Dr. Gillespie. I'm a physician, and I've always believed in protecting life and saving it. But if he harms Diana in any way, so help me. Oh, no, Jimmy, that kind of thinking doesn't lead anywhere. And Lieutenant Dana said himself... Any word yet? No, no, not a thing. What are you carrying there, Parker? Oh, this, you mean? Oh, it's a nurse's cap that Janitor found it a little while ago. I guess one of the girls... Let me see that. Yes, of course, Dr. Jimmy? Hmm, I know that perfume anywhere. It's Diana's. Parker, do you know where he found it? I mean exactly where. Why, yes! In front of the door of the pathology lab. Dr. Gillespie, she dropped it on purpose. And they're still here in the building. I wonder the police hit a dead end. You mean Diana and that... If we revive her, she'll only have hysterics. Yeah, look, when you call Ed and have him get over here with some men, I'm going down to that lab. Ah, might be a little dangerous. The police try to take him. Someone will get killed. Alone, I may have a chance. I'll see you later. That's right. What are you doing here? We thought you were miles away. Never mind that. You had a chance to see the gun, so snap out those lights and get over there in front of the windows with the girl. Go on, move! Okay. Hi, baby. Jimmy. This way, you mean? Yeah. You make a nice target against the streetlights. How'd you happen to come down here? The hospital still has patients kidnapping a knot. I had some tests to me. Anybody else know about it? No, most of the staff's gone to bed. Good. Mazzetti, why don't you give yourself up? You don't have a chance. The whole city's hunting for you. They haven't found me yet. They will. Well, better not be here if they do, because you two will get it before I do. You can con on that. How about letting Miss Werner leave on her promise to keep still? I look like that kind of a patsy. If you'll let her go, I'll help you get out of here. Get it, Doc. Not so much talk. I like it quiet. Okay. Jimmy, is that my cap? Yeah. You want it? Thanks a lot. I said keep your mouth shut. All right, Mazzetti. You got the guns or you're the boss. We just work here. Well, there's the floor plan of the lab section. Lieutenant, you can block off that corridor at each end and put men on the ground below the windows. No other way out. So I see. Well, I'll have the boys keep out of sight and just stand by, Dr. Gillespie. But if something doesn't break in the next 10 minutes, we'll have to move in regardless. Oh, but my dead body... Now, be reasonable, Dr. Gillespie. You said yourself he didn't even have a plan when he went down there. Well, he will have, though. Just give him time. I'll give him all the time I possibly can. He's a friend of mine, too, you know. Well, he's more than a friend to me. He and Diana Verner are the two people I love most in the world. And to help me, I'm not going to have them killed through some more police bungling. Well, you get a sore spot there. We did bungle on it. All right, what do you suggest? That we stand by, Lieutenant. That's all. Just stand by. Shifting from one foot to the other, Miss Eddie, is that forbidden? Just don't try anything. That's all. Okay. Can we have the light on? No. It couldn't be seen from the corridor, if that's what bothers you. You'll attract more attention if you knock over something else. I've got a bottle of your broken... I said no. A bottle? What bottle? I don't know. It was one of those on the specimen table. Well, be careful moving around. There's some fairly rough stuff in these bottles. What do you mean rough stuff? No bacteria, germ cultures, virus specimens. It's a pathology lab, you know. There isn't really much danger as long as no one gets caught on the broken glass. You, as you go on over and turn on the light, just turn it on and go right back where you were. Okay. Now stay there. Doc, take a look at that broken bottle and see if you can tell what was in it. Sure. I don't know what you've got in mind, but here's the piece with the label. Addepsilon ion hydrants. Well, Miss Eddie, you picked the worst specimen in the lab to knock over. Yeah. What's it mean? Leprosy. Leprosy. You'd both better stay away from the table. One sliver of this glass and it's just too bad. Yeah. Look at your hand. Yeah. I cut it when I broke that bottle. What? Let me see that. Uh-oh. Doc, I... I'm not gonna get leprosy, am I? How long ago did this happen? I don't know. It was when we first came in here. It's been almost four hours now, Jimmy. But not quite four hours, huh? No. All right. Diana, make a 3CC aqueous solution of panopon hydrochloride. It's in the middle cabinet there. There should be a case of hypos here in the table drawer. What's the pitch, Doc? Sir, any chance... Is there anything you can do? Yes. If it hasn't been four hours yet, there's a good chance. No. Here we are. Get the solution, Jimmy. No, thanks. Well, fill this syringe. Look, Doc, if you're trying to pull something, don't forget I got a gun on you. As Eddie, I don't care whether I give you this hypo or not, it's entirely up to you. Okay. Go ahead. But just don't try nothing. All right. Now, let's have your left arm. Do you want a kiss? Yeah. Thanks. Now, we'll find a vein. Uh, this needle's gonna sting, so be careful with that trigger. Go ahead. Okay. Not to do the job. The V is $5. Send the bill to the police commissioner. How much longer are we gonna have to stay here? Until I get ready to leave. Not maybe any time from now until... Oh, you may be a little dizzy from that shot, but it'll pass over in a few seconds. Yeah, I feel like it. I mean, like... Don't be. That's ridiculous. Double crush. Watch it, Jimmy. He's gonna shoot. Yeah, I got him. You missed, Miss Eddie. You took me. We can breathe easy, baby. He's not cold. Jimmy. Come on in. It's unlocked. Where is he, Jim? There on the floor. To sleep. Sleep? What happened, Jimmy? He cut himself on a broken lanolin bottle, and for some reason got the idea he had leprosy. Leprosy? That's right, Ed. Notice the cut on his hand, and when Diana said he'd broken a bottle, I played a hunch. You see, he doesn't understand Latin. Yeah, we cured him with a shot of morphine. He certainly looks cured, all right. He sure does. Only confounded, Jimmy. I still don't understand what a lanolin bottle's got to do with the fact that he... Lieutenant, which way did they go? Moment, we will return to the story of Dr. Kildare. Waiting for diagnosis, but I haven't had time to see him yet. What's with you? I was just up the ninth floor checking the Miss Eddie setup. Ed's certainly taking no chances this time. Who? He's using three guards, one inside the room and two outside, and the door stays open all the time. I imagine. Good morning, Dr. Kildare. Good morning, Parker. By the way, Parker, here are the assignment sheets for nurses on the Mazzetti case. Mm-hmm. Give them to Molly Bird, will you? All right, Dr. Glespie. 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Miss Brawley. Port of Midnight, Miss Jenkins. Of course, from midnight on. Miss Parker! Jimmy, my dear Dr. G, I'm way ahead of you. Here's the smelling salts. I've just heard the story of Dr. Kildare starring Lou Ares and Lionel Barrymore. This program was written by Les Crutchfield and directed by William P. Russo. Original music was composed and conducted by Walter Schumann. Supporting cast included Virginia Gregg, Georgia Ellis, Barton Yarborough, Barney Phillips, and Vic Perrin. Dick Joy speaking.