Secrets of a Nurse

Secrets of a Nurse

Release date : December 2, 1938
Runtime : 1h 15m
Countries of origin : United States of America /
Original Language : English /
Director : Arthur Lubin /
Production companies : Universal Pictures /
December 2, 1938 1h 15m United States of America Drama English More
3
User Score

Overview

This Universal programmer was based on a Collier's Magazine story by journalist Quentin Reynolds. This story in turn was ostensibly based on a true incident, in which a gangster "returned from the dead" to save an innocent young man from the electric chair. The nurse of the film's title is Katharine McDonald, who falls in love with her prizefighter-patient Lee Burke as he recovers from a beating received in a fixed prizefight. Katharine must fend off the advances of criminal attorney John Dodge, another patient who also loves her and becomes jealous of Lee. But when Lee is framed for the murder of his disgruntled manager, Slice, by a henchman of the fight-fix leader, Joe Largo, Dodge takes on his defense and works with Katherine to discover the real killer. Convicted and sentenced to death, Burke is about to walk the "last mile", as Katharine encourages mortally wounded Largo to a deathbed confession.
More »

Top Billed Cast

More
Helen Mack
Nurse Katherine 'Mack' MacDonald
Dick Foran
'Killer' Lee Burke
Edmund Lowe
John Dodge
Leon Ames
Joe Largo
Horace McMahon
Larry Carson
Paul Hurst
Arlington Bysshe 'Slice' Cavanaugh
David Oliver
'Spud', the valet
Samuel S. Hinds
Judge Corrigan
Clarence Muse
'Tiger', Lee's Handler
Alan Ladd
Hospital Orderly (uncredited)

Images

View All Images

Recommendations

More
Doctor Zhivago
Drama Romance War
Free Fire
Action Crime Mystery
Insurgent
Action Science Fiction Thriller
Killer's Kiss
Thriller Crime Drama
Batman Begins
Action Crime Drama
Mesrine: Public Enemy #1
Action Thriller Crime Drama
Gangs of New York
Drama History Crime
United 93
Drama History Crime Thriller Action
Teen Witch
Comedy Fantasy Romance
  • title:Secrets of a Nurse
  • status:Released
  • Release date: 1938
  • Runtime:1h 15m
  • Genres: Drama · Crime · Romance ·
  • Countries of origin: United States of America ·
  • Original Language: English ·
  • Director: Arthur Lubin /
  • Writers: Quentin Reynolds · Lester Cole · Thomas Lennon ·
  • Production companies: Universal Pictures ·
  • Overview:This Universal programmer was based on a Collier's Magazine story by journalist Quentin Reynolds. This story in turn was ostensibly based on a true incident, in which a gangster "returned from the dead" to save an innocent young man from the electric chair. The nurse of the film's title is Katharine McDonald, who falls in love with her prizefighter-patient Lee Burke as he recovers from a beating received in a fixed prizefight. Katharine must fend off the advances of criminal attorney John Dodge, another patient who also loves her and becomes jealous of Lee. But when Lee is framed for the murder of his disgruntled manager, Slice, by a henchman of the fight-fix leader, Joe Largo, Dodge takes on his defense and works with Katherine to discover the real killer. Convicted and sentenced to death, Burke is about to walk the "last mile", as Katharine encourages mortally wounded Largo to a deathbed confession.
Search history
delete
Popular search