The Courageous Dr. Christian (1940)
A doctor fights an epidemic that breaks out in the poor section of town and tries to get the rest of the town to help out.
Top billed cast
Jean HersholtDoctor Paul Christian
Dorothy LovettJudy Price
Robert BaldwinRoy Davis
Tom NealDave Williams
Maude EburneMrs. Hastings
Vera LewisMrs. Norma Stewart
George MeaderHarry Johnson
Bobby LarsonJack Williams
Bobette BentleyRuth Williams
Reginald BarlowSam
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