Dark Delusion

Dark Delusion is a 1947 American drama film directed by Willis Goldbeck and starring James Craig, Lionel Barrymore, and Lucille Bremer. Produced and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, it was the last film in the Dr. Kildare film series which stretched back to 1937. Plot Dr. Gillespie (Barrymore) asks a young surgeon, Dr. Tommy Coalt (Craig), to go to the small town of Bayhurst to replace a local doctor while he is on assignment to the Occupation effort in post-World War II Europe. There, Coalt is asked to sign mental-health commitment papers on a beautiful young socialite, Cynthia Grace (Bremer). Coalt thinks there is something amiss, and begins his own investigation. Cast Lionel Barrymore as Dr. Leonard Gillespie James Craig as Dr. Tommy Coalt Lucille Bremer as Cynthia Grace Jayne Meadows as Mrs. Selkirk Warner Anderson as Teddy Selkirk Henry Stephenson as Dr. Evans Biddle Alma Kruger as Molly Byrd Keye Luke as Dr. Lee Wong How Art Baker as Dr. Sanford Burson Lester Matthews as Wyndham Grace Marie Blake as Sally Ben Lessy as Napoleon Geraldine Wall as Mrs. Rowland Nell Craig as Nurse 'Nosey' Parker George Reed as Conover Mary Currier as Nurse Workman Reception According to MGM records, the movie was not a hit, earning $475,000 in the US and Canada and $243,000 elsewhere, making a loss to the studio of $448,000.