The Doctor and the Girl

IMDb 5.7 1949 • 98 min • DramaRomance

Director

Curtis Bernhardt

Country

US

Plot Summary

Dr. Michael Corday, a recent graduate of the Harvard Medical School, is the son of Dr. John Corday, an eminent New York City surgeon who has a tendency to continue to direct the lives of his grown children. The daughter, Fabienne, runs away from home, and Michael, after first following his father's advice of being callous to the point of cruelty toward patients, changes when he falls in love with a patient, marries her and sets up his practice on the lower East Side in New York.

Top Cast

Glenn Ford
Glenn Ford Dr. Michael Corday
Charles Coburn
Charles Coburn Dr. John Corday
Gloria DeHaven
Gloria DeHaven Fabienne Corday
Janet Leigh
Janet Leigh Evelyn 'Taffy' Heldon
Bruce Bennett
Bruce Bennett Dr. Alfred Norton