Dr Kildare 50-03-08 06 Barbara Lane Dope Addict

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Episode Summary: Dr. Kildare 50-03-08 Ep06 — Barbara Lane Dope Addict

Date: December 30, 2025
Starring: Lou Ayers (Dr. Kildare), Lionel Barrymore (Dr. Gillespie)

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Episode Overview

This episode of "Dr. Kildare" centers on the mysterious case of Barbara Lane, a young woman admitted to Blair General Hospital for an apparent sleeping pill overdose. As Dr. Kildare and Dr. Gillespie investigate, they uncover that Barbara's real trouble goes deeper—she is a drug addict embroiled in a criminal plot. The story explores addiction, deception, compassion, and the challenges of breaking free from substance abuse, all wrapped in the classic banter and drama characteristic of Old Time Radio.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Opening Investigation: The Coma Case

• Setting: Blair General Hospital, a hub for high-stakes medicine.
• Initial Incident (03:01–07:28):
  • Barbara Lane is brought in after a supposed sleeping pill overdose.
  • Lab findings: Only minimal drug concentration; her symptoms do not match.
  • Dr. Kildare and Dr. Gillespie suspect her state was faked or there’s more to her story.
  • Barbara is evasive and defensive under questioning.
• Notable Quote:
  • Dr. Gillespie: “This Lane girl may have deliberately faked a case of barbital poisoning.” (04:39)

2. Barbara’s Background and Troubling Behavior

• Barbara Is Evasive (07:28–08:32):
  • Claims to be alone in New York, with no family or friends.
  • Presents inconsistent details about her luggage and background.
  • Her defensiveness suggests fear and a deeper secret.
• Doctors’ Suspicion Grows (08:11–08:32):
  • Her agitation and the lack of logical explanation raise flags for Kildare and Gillespie.
• Notable Quote:
  • Dr. Gillespie: "That girl's up to something, Jimmy." (08:20)

3. An Unexpected Visitor: The False ‘Father’

• A Man Arrives Claiming to be Her Father (10:21–11:56):
  • “Mr. Lane” brings Barbara clothes and claims she ran away.
  • Story doesn’t fit; hospital staff become suspicious.
  • Dr. Gillespie: “Your daughter seems to have quite an active imagination, Mr. Lane.” (11:11)
• Later Discovery (13:36):
  • Mr. Lane gave a fake address and is revealed to not be her father.

4. Unraveling the Real Plot: Addiction & Theft

• Key Realization (14:10–14:32):
  • Gillespie and Kildare deduce Barbara is a drug addict, and the "father" is her supplier/pusher.
  • The “emergency” provided cover for her withdrawal symptoms after a hospital admission.
• Narcotics Theft Attempt (15:45–18:07):
  • Barbara uses inside help and a set of skeleton keys to attempt to steal morphine from the hospital dispensary.
  • Hospital staff quickly mobilize to block her escape; the drugs’ immense black-market value is noted.
  • Dr. Gillespie: “That must be the reason she planned to get in here.” (14:41)
  • Dr. Kildare: “That’s about 3,000 bucks worth of morphine gone. It’s worth over a hundred thousand to a peddler. They cut it about 40 to 1 on the black market.” (17:34)

5. Confrontation and Capture on the Terrace

• Climax (20:10–22:32):
  • Barbara attempts to toss the drugs off a terrace to her partner (“father”) waiting below.
  • The pusher is apprehended in the shrubbery; Barbara flees to the parapet, threatening to jump.
• Barbara’s Breakdown (21:49–25:36):
  • Dr. Kildare tries to talk her down—offering empathy and a promise of help instead of judgment.
  • Barbara: “I’m 19 and I’ve been on the stuff for three years.” (22:41)
  • Dr. Kildare: “If you’re willing to cooperate with me…I’ll cure you. On my oath as a doctor…I promise you that.” (25:10)

6. Resolution and Aftermath

• Barbara Agrees to Treatment (25:26–26:08):

  • Moved by Kildare’s promise, Barbara steps down, signaling hope for recovery.

• Update on Recovery (27:06–27:40):

  • Barbara is sent to a sanitarium and is fighting her addiction, encouraged by her doctors.
  • Dr. Gillespie: “Those first two weeks are the hard ones.”
  • The episode closes reflecting on the tragedy of early addiction and the power of second chances.

• Comic Relief and Closing Banter (28:01–28:42):

  • Nurse Parker provides levity with her mishap (misplacing Dr. Gillespie’s watch), leading to a classic exchange about intellect and Schopenhauer.

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Memorable Quotes and Moments (with Timestamps)

• Dr. Gillespie to Nurse Parker:
  “Parker, you are an idiot.” (02:32)

• Dr. Kildare on the puzzle:
  “Doesn’t make any sense, any way you look at it.” (08:26)

• Dr. Gillespie on Barbara's fake overdose:
  “This girl hasn’t taken more than one or maybe two tablets. So why was she in a state of coma?” (04:26)

• Barbara Lane, desperate on the parapet:
  “Don’t come any closer. I’ll jump if you do.” (21:50)

• Dr. Kildare, offering hope:
  “If you’ll step down off that parapet and trust me…I promise you.” (25:10)

• Dr. Gillespie, black humor:
  “The human organism is capable of surviving without a brain.” (28:01)

• Nurse Parker’s retort:
  “Intellect is invisible to the man who has none.” (28:11)

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Important Segment Timestamps

• 02:00—Dr. Gillespie’s boredom and philosophical banter
• 03:09–07:28—Lab report and first suspicions about Barbara
• 10:21–11:56—The arrival of Barbara’s supposed father
• 13:36–14:32—Revelation that the man is an imposter
• 15:45–17:34—Theft of morphine from hospital dispensary
• 21:49–25:36—Terrace confrontation; Barbara’s confession and Kildare’s promise of help
• 27:06–27:40—Update on Barbara’s recovery

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Tone & Character

The dialogue switches between clinical investigation, suspense, and moments of wry humor—typical of old-time radio dramas. Dr. Gillespie's gruff wisdom and Nurse Parker's comedic timing add levity, while Dr. Kildare’s compassion toward Barbara humanizes the medical profession’s fight against addiction.

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Summary

This episode of Dr. Kildare intertwines a tense hospital mystery with a compassionate portrayal of addiction. Through their detective work, Kildare and Gillespie expose both the human vulnerability behind drug abuse and the criminal element that exploits it. The story’s resolution, with Barbara finally accepting help, offers a message of hope and redemption—tempered by realistic acknowledgment of the struggle ahead.

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Transcript

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[Dr. Kildare]

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[Dr. Gillespie]

Parker, I'm bored right up to the back teeth. Just plain downright bored.

[Nurse Parker]

Well, now, that's just too bad, Dr. Gillespie. You can't have excitement all the time, so you might just as well relax and enjoy it.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Enjoy being bored, Parker. According to Schopenhauer, the most general survey shows us that the two foes of human happiness are pain and boredom.

[Nurse Parker]

That's one very interesting, Dr. Gillespie. And who is Schopenhauer?

[Dr. Gillespie]

Who is Schopenhauer? Parker, you are an idiot.

[Nurse Parker]

Well, I can't remember every doctor who comes into this hospital I could hold.

[Dr. Gillespie]

A more intelligent conversation with an anthropoid ape.

[Narrator]

I beg your pardon, Dr. Gillespie, sir.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Well, come in. Pithecanthropus erectus, huh?

[Narrator]

Well, I don't follow you, Doc.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Sir.

[Narrator]

I mean.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Never mind. Wayman, what do you want?

[Narrator]

Well, I was looking for Dr. Kildare. They told me to bring him this here lab report, and I thought.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Lab report? Oh, here, let me see it.

[Dr. Kildare]

Yes.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Hey, Parker, do you recall any patient of Kildare's named Barbara lane?

[Nurse Parker]

Why, no, Dr. Gillespie.

[Narrator]

Hey, that's the day my bring in. About noon. Emergency call from a hotel a couple of blocks down the street. She had an overdose of sleeping pills.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Very interesting report. Was she unconscious, Wayman? Sure.

[Narrator]

How cold limp is your wet noodle? We found a half a bottle of pills in her room. Doc Kering was the intern.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Remarkable. Now, how in the world could. Oh, Kildare. Come in, come in, come in. I've got something here to show you.

[Dr. Kildare]

What's up?

[Dr. Gillespie]

Hey, might as well look at this.

[Narrator]

It's for you.

[Dr. Kildare]

No, it's the lab report on Ms. Lane. Young gearing asked me to check her over, but I haven't had time yet. She's an emergency case. Cute. Barbital poisoning from an overdose.

[Dr. Gillespie]

From an overdose of what?

[Dr. Kildare]

Concentration in bloodstream. Three parts. Wayman, I understand you and Curing found this girl in a state of coma.

[Narrator]

Coma?

[Dr. Gillespie]

Limp as a wet noodle.

[Narrator]

Oh, well, yes, she was.

[Dr. Kildare]

Why, that concentration is no more than she'd have from taking one tablet.

[Narrator]

One tablet? Doc, I'm telling you, the bottle was half him.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Nevertheless, this girl hasn't taken more than one or maybe two tablets. So why was she in a state of coma?

[Dr. Kildare]

Of course, there could be an idiosyncrasy in her reaction to bonito.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Ah, yes, there could be, but the odds are against it. You know, Jimmy, this lame girl may have deliberately faked a case of barbital poisoning.

[Dr. Kildare]

But why? She went through some pretty rough treatment when she was brought in here. Stomach pump, mag sulf, ephedrine shots. She couldn't have enjoyed it.

[Dr. Gillespie]

No, no, no. But she might put up with it if she had a reason.

[Dr. Kildare]

What reason?

[Dr. Gillespie]

Well, I don't know yet. Maybe you'd better have a talk with her, Jimmy.

[Dr. Kildare]

I'm going to Dr. Kildare.

[Nurse Parker]

Don't you pay any attention to him. He's just trying to stir up excitement because he's bored. He said so.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Ah, Parker, I can only think of one reason why I go on putting up with you. The fact that use doth breed a habit in a man.

[Nurse Parker]

Oh, you. Your Schopenhauer.

[Dr. Kildare]

You know, when you come right down to it, Miss Lane, we don't know very much about you.

[Barbara Lane]

No, I. I suppose you don't. Dr. Kildare.

[Dr. Kildare]

The hotel clerk said you registered the day before yesterday from Chicago. That's all he knows about you. Except that one of the maids found you unconscious in your room around noon today.

[Barbara Lane]

Yes, that's. That's right. I can't really understand what happened.

[Dr. Kildare]

Don't you have any relatives or friends here whom you'd like us to notify?

[Barbara Lane]

No. No, I. I don't know anyone in New York. I just got in a couple of days ago. I came here to look for work.

[Dr. Kildare]

Without any luggage?

[Barbara Lane]

Well, it's checked at Penn Station.

[Dr. Kildare]

Where's the baggage check?

[Barbara Lane]

Well, it's in my purse. I guess it is.

[Dr. Kildare]

The nurse says there was nothing in your purse but some money and a lipstick.

[Barbara Lane]

Well, then I must have lost it somewhere. Why do you keep asking me questions? I don't have to answer you. I haven't done anything. You don't have any right to persecute me like this. I didn't ask to be brought here. I don't have to tell you anything. I haven't done anything to be treated This. I can't stand it and I won't.

[Dr. Kildare]

Ms. Lane, stop it.

[Barbara Lane]

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to get all upset like that.

[Dr. Kildare]

It's all right. I'm sorry, too. I guess I wasn't very tactful.

[Barbara Lane]

It's just that I'm. I'm nervous and jumpy. After effects, I guess.

[Dr. Kildare]

After effects of what?

[Barbara Lane]

Why, of all those sleeping pills, of course.

[Dr. Kildare]

How many would you say, Miss Lane?

[Barbara Lane]

Well, I don't know. Whole lot, I guess. I don't know.

[Dr. Kildare]

As a matter of fact, didn't you only take one?

[Barbara Lane]

I don't remember.

[Dr. Kildare]

What's the last thing you can remember before you were brought here?

[Barbara Lane]

Well, I. I couldn't sleep all night. I was upset. And this morning I decided to take a sleeping pill. And the next thing, I woke up here in the hospital.

[Dr. Kildare]

Well, I guess that's all. How do you feel now?

[Barbara Lane]

I feel all right, I guess.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Good.

[Dr. Kildare]

Sure you don't want us to notify your family?

[Barbara Lane]

I don't have any. My parents are both dead.

[Dr. Kildare]

I see. Well, ring for the nurse if you.

[Barbara Lane]

Want anything, Dr. Kildare. What. What are you planning to do with me?

[Dr. Gillespie]

When?

[Dr. Kildare]

View of the circumstances, we'll keep you here tonight for observation. If you still feel all right tomorrow, you'll be discharged. That okay with you?

[Barbara Lane]

Why, of course. Sure it's okay. Why not?

[Dr. Kildare]

I can't understand Ms. Lane's attitude, Dr. Gillespie.

[Barbara Lane]

She's.

[Dr. Kildare]

She's antagonistic, on guard, and she flies apart at the slightest pressure. Pressure?

[Dr. Gillespie]

That girl's up to something, Jimmy, although she has been. And she's afraid she'll give herself away.

[Dr. Kildare]

Maybe so. I still don't know any more about it than I did before I talked to her. Doesn't make any sense, any way you look at it.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Confounded Jimmy. Ordinarily, I. I don't pay much attention to hunches. But there's something about this case that keeps nagging at the corner of my brain.

[Nurse Parker]

Excuse me, Dr. Gillespie, but what is it?

[Dr. Gillespie]

Nosy?

[Barbara Lane]

I am not.

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[Nurse Parker]

Oh, there's a Mr. Lane here to see you.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Lane?

[Dr. Kildare]

Lane. That's the girl's name. Send him in.

[Narrator]

Parker.

[Nurse Parker]

You may go in, Mr. Lane.

[Dr. Kildare]

She told me she didn't have any family.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Good afternoon, gentlemen. Good afternoon. Sit down, Mr. Lane. Sit down. Now, what can we do for you?

[Dr. Kildare]

I came here to see my daughter, Barbara. Gentlemen, they told me downstairs that I'd better talk with you first.

[Dr. Gillespie]

She is here, isn't she?

[Dr. Kildare]

Yes, she's here. Mr. Lane, do you know the circumstances of the case?

[Dr. Gillespie]

Yes.

[Dr. Kildare]

My agents had traced her to the hotel last night. And when I went there to get.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Her this afternoon, the clerk told me what had happened. You see, gentlemen, my daughter ran away.

[Dr. Kildare]

From home a week ago. Do you have any idea why she decided to come here to New York?

[Dr. Gillespie]

Come to New York?

[Dr. Kildare]

She was in New York. I have an apartment at 271 Park Avenue.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Well, your daughter seems to have quite an active imagination, Mr. Lane.

[Dr. Kildare]

I must confess that I. I don't understand that girl. Gentlemen, this isn't the first time she's run away, you know. And yet I've given her everything money can buy. Oh, by the way, this package, some clothes and things for Barbara. Is it all right if I take them to her?

[Dr. Gillespie]

No. Sure, sure, sure. Parker.

[Nurse Parker]

Yes, Dr. Gillespie.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Show Mr. Lane up to 5:12. Parker.

[Nurse Parker]

Of course you'll come with me, sir.

[Dr. Kildare]

Thank you.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Good afternoon, gentlemen. Yes, and I'm sorry for all the trouble my daughter has caused.

[Dr. Kildare]

No trouble at all. Goodbye. Well, there goes the end of a good hunch, Jimmy.

[Dr. Gillespie]

I'm not so sure.

[Dr. Kildare]

The girl found out her father had located her. She knew she was in for it, so she staged this act for sympathy. Seems to fit.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Yes, but there's one thing that doesn't fit. That hunch of mine. And Jimmy, I've still got that hunch.

[Narrator]

Well, Dr. Gillespie, sir, I thought you wanted me to get right up here and tell you what I found out.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Well, then why didn't you? It must be nearly midnight.

[Narrator]

No, sir. It's only about 10 o', clock, sir.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Wayman, don't start an argument.

[Narrator]

Yes, sir. No, sir.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Confound it, I want kill there.

[Narrator]

Well, Sally's already calling him on the publical address system.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Come on, Wayman, get out of here.

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[Dr. Gillespie]

Parker.

[Narrator]

Sorry, Ms. Parker. Jeepers, just let me get out of here.

[Nurse Parker]

Dr. Gillespie, I was just going up to the wardroom to have tea and sandwiches with the girls. And if you want something, you can just wait. I won't do it.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Well, so as mutiny is a.

[Nurse Parker]

Well, I certainly don't see any reason why. Once in a while I get.

[Dr. Kildare]

I see.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Oh, Kill there. Come in, come in, come in.

[Nurse Parker]

Well, I'll be back later, Dr. Glensby.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Parker, don't you leave this office. You can lift your pinky some other night.

[Nurse Parker]

Oh, horrible man.

[Dr. Kildare]

I understand you've been looking for me. What's up?

[Dr. Gillespie]

It's about that Lane girl, Jimmy. Have you talked to her again?

[Dr. Kildare]

No, but the nurse just told me she's been in good spirits ever since her father was here this afternoon.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Ah, indeed, yes.

[Dr. Kildare]

She's been cheerful, talkative, babbled the whole story. That's what we thought. Play for sympathy from her father.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Remarkable. Because you might be interested in knowing that Mr. Lane is not her father.

[Dr. Kildare]

No.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Or at least he's not who he claimed to be. I sent Wayman out to that Park Avenue number he gave us. There's no such address.

[Dr. Kildare]

That doesn't make sense.

[Dr. Gillespie]

She planned to get into this hospital, Jimmy. But. But why?

[Dr. Kildare]

One moment, Mr. Holmes. I'll bring the needle.

[Dr. Gillespie]

And where does Lane fit?

[Dr. Kildare]

Needle? Yes, you remember Sherlock Holmes. One great weakness.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Morbid and depressed. Earlier, semi hysteria. Feelings of persecution. And after her father came. Buoyant, cheerful, talkative. Why? Because he brought her a morphine shot.

[Dr. Kildare]

No, wait a minute. Jimmy. Jimmy.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Barbara Lane is a drug addict. You could be right.

[Dr. Kildare]

Emergency treatment she went through could have covered the symptoms.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Has she asked for a narcotic of any kind?

[Dr. Kildare]

No, not even a sedative. An addict to always do.

[Dr. Gillespie]

But that must be the reason she planned to get in here. And you watch. She'll pull something else and stay here.

[Nurse Parker]

Pardon me, Dr. Kildare.

[Dr. Kildare]

What is it, Parker?

[Nurse Parker]

The dispensary clerk in the fifth floor is here.

[Dr. Kildare]

Here? Well, that's. That's fine, but I. Well, here I am. Dr. Kildare came down as quick as I could. Maxi. What are you talking about?

[Dr. Gillespie]

Well, I don't know.

[Dr. Kildare]

You phoned me about five minutes ago and said I get down here right away. I didn't phone you.

[Dr. Gillespie]

You. But.

[Dr. Kildare]

But you said it was. You or whoever it was said it was. Wait a minute. Did you lock the dispensary?

[Dr. Gillespie]

Well, sure.

[Dr. Kildare]

I always lock it. When. Never mind. Let's get up there fast.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Kildare, what's all this about?

[Dr. Kildare]

I don't know yet. But Barbara Lane's room is on the fifth floor. In the same wing as the drug dispensary. Come on, Maxi, let's go.

[Narrator]

We return to the story of Dr. Kildare in just a moment.

[Barbara Lane]

Ram.

[Narrator]

Now we continue with the story of Dr. Kildare. Starring lu ayers as Dr. Kildare and lionel barrymore as Dr. Gillespie.

[Dr. Kildare]

Well, the dispensary door still closed, Dr. Kildare. Everything looks okay from here. I could be wrong, of course.

[Narrator]

Jeepers, boys, I can't get over it. A slick little girl like that being a hothead.

[Dr. Kildare]

Well, we'll soon know whether she's been here or not. Door's still locked. Yeah. Open it up, Maxie. Just a second. Everything seems to be in order. Better check the narcotics cabinet. Yeah, that's what I was saying. Loctite. What a relief. I guess I better take a look inside just to make sure.

[Narrator]

Boy S. You want I should go see if Dr. Gillespie found her in her room?

[Dr. Kildare]

No, wait a minute, Wayman. I want to see if Dr. Go there. Yeah, it's empty. There's no doubt now what she was up to. Wayman, get down to the first floor and block off the stairways. Okay, Doc. And don't let anyone up or down unless you know who they are. Gotcha, boys. Nobody goes neither way. Even if it's over my dead body. But how did she do it, Dr. Kildare? Both doors are locked and I swear they haven't been forced. I guess it's that Papa brought her a set of skeleton keys along with a morphine shot and some clothes. He must be the one who phoned me and said it was you.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Yes.

[Dr. Kildare]

They seem to know our routine around here pretty well. They picked the one time in the evening when all the nurses were off the floor. How much stuff did you have in the cabinet? Full quarter. I refilled it right after I came on duty. Gosh, that's about 3,000 bucks worth of morphine gun. It's worth over a hundred thousand to a peddler. They cut it about 40 to 1 on the black market. Only it's not gone yet and it's not going to be.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Well, I don't know.

[Dr. Kildare]

It looks to me like the elevator operator said Barbara Lane hadn't come down. With Wayman there. Now she's trapped somewhere up here. Maybe you'd better go down and help Wayman. Okay. And tell the night supervisor to warn all the nurses. I'll check with her after I see what Gillespie's found out.

[Nurse Parker]

Look, Dr. Gillespie, here's a hospital robe hanging in the closet. Why, she.

[Barbara Lane]

She.

[Nurse Parker]

She'll catch her. There's a cold, to say the least.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Harker, you can drop that tone of outraged morality. Girls fully clothed. That was what was in the package her alleged father brought her this afternoon.

[Nurse Parker]

Well, I only thought that, after all, she.

[Dr. Gillespie]

I know what you thought. I always do 10 minutes before you think it. Well, according to the eminent philosopher, the fundamental fault of the female character is that it has no sense of justice. In your case, Parker, it's merely a matter of no sense at all.

[Nurse Parker]

Oh, don't you quote at me anymore. You've been Schopenhauering me all day.

[Dr. Kildare]

Any sign of her, Dr. Gillespie?

[Dr. Gillespie]

No, Jimmy.

[Dr. Kildare]

No.

[Dr. Gillespie]

No, she apparently got dressed and skinned out.

[Dr. Kildare]

Well, the narcotics are gone. She probably used a skeleton key. I've got Maxie and Wayman guarding the elevator in the stairs.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Good, good, good.

[Dr. Kildare]

She's somewhere on these upper floors and she can't get out. But we've got to find her.

[Dr. Gillespie]

It might be a good idea to call the police.

[Dr. Kildare]

Yes, I guess we'll have to. If we don't locate her in the next 10 minutes or so, I suppose we ought to notify Carew.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Yeah, well, we'll regard that as the last resort. Jimmy, I've been trying to figure out just what plan this girl had in mind.

[Dr. Kildare]

We know what the first part of it was. To steal a narcotic supply from the dispensary. After that, she. She must have planned to get it out of the hospital.

[Dr. Gillespie]

But how? Did she plan to get herself out, too?

[Dr. Kildare]

You mean she may intend to come back if it. Yeah. That stuff could be tossed out of a window.

[Barbara Lane]

That's it.

[Dr. Gillespie]

That's it. Maybe she meant to get rid of it, then come back here and go to bed as though nothing happened. Ordinarily, the drugs wouldn't be missed for several hours.

[Dr. Kildare]

Lane is probably waiting outside somewhere. But if that is it, she couldn't use this room. All these windows overlook the street. They're right above the sidewalk.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Well, how about the east side where the ambulance drive comes in?

[Dr. Kildare]

That's right. And there's a lot of shrubbery next to the building.

[Dr. Gillespie]

No access on this floor, though, except private rooms.

[Dr. Kildare]

But right below here, the fourth floor terrace. It's dark out there. It'd be perfect.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Well, there's just a bad chance. All right.

[Dr. Kildare]

We can't let any chances slip past. I'm going out there.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Good. Good. I'll call Wayman and send him out along the drive with that monkey wrench of his. Go to it, Jimmy.

[Dr. Kildare]

Dark eye. Ms. Lane.

[Barbara Lane]

Who is it?

[Dr. Kildare]

Oh, there you are.

[Barbara Lane]

Dr. Kildare.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Ralph.

[Barbara Lane]

Somebody's here. Watch out. I've got a fraud.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Stop.

[Narrator]

Don't.

[Barbara Lane]

There it comes.

[Narrator]

You little fool.

[Dr. Kildare]

Wayman, over to your left. He's there in the bushes.

[Dr. Gillespie]

All right, you drop.

[Nurse Parker]

Stay back.

[Dr. Kildare]

Careful, he may have a gun. Nice going, Wayman. Is he knocked out?

[Narrator]

Sure, Doc Holden. The marionette is heavy.

[Dr. Kildare]

Well, get him over to the ambulance entrance and call the police. And hang on to that package.

[Narrator]

Okay, boss. Just leave it.

[Nurse Parker]

Hey, look, what are you talking.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Ms. Lane.

[Dr. Kildare]

Get down off that parapet.

[Barbara Lane]

Don't come any closer. I'll jump if you do.

[Dr. Kildare]

Ms. Lane. You wouldn't.

[Barbara Lane]

What have I got to lose?

[Narrator]

What?

[Dr. Kildare]

It's your life.

[Barbara Lane]

Is that all? You don't know very much, do you?

[Dr. Kildare]

I know that you're a drug addict, if that's what you mean. And I know it isn't your fault.

[Barbara Lane]

Tell out to the cops, see if they believe.

[Dr. Kildare]

I think they'll consider it at least. Especially if I stand by you. And I will. I have a great deal of sympathy for a drug addict, Ms. Lane. And I know this man who posed as your father was probably your source of supply.

[Barbara Lane]

That's right. As well as my boss.

[Dr. Kildare]

Yes. A peddler can always give orders to an addict who has to Depend on him.

[Barbara Lane]

You're so wise, Doctor. And maybe you know everything that can mean.

[Dr. Kildare]

For one thing, it probably means he forced you into helping him with his theft tonight. I've seen a lot of addicts, Ms. Lane. I've cured a lot of them, too.

[Barbara Lane]

How noble of you. And now you're all for saving poor, innocent little me. You fool. I'm 19 and I've been on the stuff for three years.

[Dr. Kildare]

What of it? If you're willing to cooperate with me, I'm.

[Barbara Lane]

Kildare, I've warned you. If you come any closer, I'll jump.

[Dr. Kildare]

All right, I'll stay where I am. But please listen to me. Over here, Dr. Gillespie.

[Barbara Lane]

Make him stay back, too. I'm warning you.

[Dr. Kildare]

She's up on the parapet, threatens to jump.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Think she'll do it, Jimmy?

[Dr. Kildare]

She will if she gets excited. Any ideas?

[Dr. Gillespie]

No, no. Keep her talking.

[Barbara Lane]

Well, what's the plan, boys? Aren't two doctors a match for one lousy hop head?

[Dr. Kildare]

I think that's your own title. I wouldn't call you that.

[Barbara Lane]

No? And what would you call me? Dr. Kildare?

[Dr. Kildare]

I call you a very lovely young girl who's managed to get herself mixed up in some very nasty trouble before she's even had a chance to find out what life's all about.

[Barbara Lane]

Oh, I know what it's all about, all right. Plenty. What? A case history for your files, Doc. What's that?

[Dr. Kildare]

It's the police after your partner.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Keep it talking, Jimmy. The Mad Nets.

[Dr. Kildare]

I would like to hear your story, as a matter of fact. How did it happen?

[Barbara Lane]

Oh, you're just stalling. You don't care, not really.

[Dr. Kildare]

Yes, I do. Oh, come on now. Tell me, where did you live then, grow up?

[Barbara Lane]

Chicago. I ran away from home when I was 15 and came to New York. I was broke and I couldn't get a job and I kicked around a lot.

[Dr. Kildare]

Yeah, go on.

[Barbara Lane]

Guy I knew got me to try a pop and within a month I was on the stuff. I've been on it ever since.

[Dr. Kildare]

We can change that if you will let us.

[Barbara Lane]

You think I haven't tried? Do you know how it feels to try? Sweating it out, leaving that stuff alone, thinking you're going crazy. Biting your hands to the blade to keep from screaming.

[Dr. Kildare]

You can't do it alone. Of course you can't. You need help, medical help. But I'll see that you get it.

[Barbara Lane]

Well, you're lying. You're only saying that because you don't want me to jump, because you want to turn me over to the cops.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Confounded crazy.

[Barbara Lane]

Kid, it's no use. You're like everybody else and you're lying. That's what you're doing.

[Dr. Kildare]

Whatever we do, it's got to be fast.

[Barbara Lane]

I won't listen anymore because you don't mean it.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Sometimes you can hit their vanity. I don't know.

[Barbara Lane]

You want to trick me and fool me like everybody else.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Ms. Lane, you listen to me for just one moment.

[Barbara Lane]

Now, I won't.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Afterward, you can go ahead and kill yourself if you want to. But have you ever seen the body of one who jumped off a building?

[Barbara Lane]

What are you talking about?

[Dr. Gillespie]

Bones break up and it smashes like a piece of ripe fruit. And the face never looks like a face anymore. Your face is very pretty the way it is. Now, stop there.

[Barbara Lane]

Stop talking like that.

[Dr. Gillespie]

And another thing. We're not very high up here, you know. And it's about an even chance. You go on living with your face all smashed up.

[Dr. Kildare]

Stop.

[Barbara Lane]

I won't listen to you. Stop saying those things.

[Dr. Gillespie]

I don't know, Jimmy. It's 50 50.

[Dr. Kildare]

Ms. Lane, if you'll step down off that parapet and trust me, I'll see you through this and I'll ask the court to be given your parole. And then if you're willing to cooperate with me, I'll cure you. On my oath as a doctor and by everything in this world I believe in. I promise you that.

[Dr. Gillespie]

But what about it?

[Dr. Kildare]

Come on. Will you take a chance?

[Barbara Lane]

If only. If only I could go on Nation.

[Dr. Gillespie]

She's going to jump.

[Dr. Kildare]

She can't. She can't.

[Barbara Lane]

I'll take that chance. Dr. Kildare, When can we start?

[Dr. Kildare]

You've taken the first step now, Barbara. We've already started.

[Narrator]

In just a moment, we will return to the story of Dr. Kildare. And now, once again, the story of Dr. Kildares. Starring Lou Ayers as Dr. Kildare and Lionel Barrymore as Dr. Gillespie.

[Dr. Kildare]

I guess I forgot to mention it. Dr. Gillespie, I had a letter this morning from Bradley up at White Hill Sanitarium.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Oh, yeah? And how is the Lane girl, Jimmy?

[Dr. Kildare]

Very enthusiastic about her. Calls her that courageous little Lane kid. She's apparently still determined to fight it out.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Good. I think she'll make it, too. Those first two weeks of the hard ones.

[Dr. Kildare]

I hope she makes it. Caught by the drug habit of her age. Beaten before she even had a chance.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Yeah, same old story. Just this once for a thrill. If they only knew the penalty before they started.

[Nurse Parker]

But, Dr. Gillespie, something terrible is happening.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Oh, well, what's Carew done now?

[Nurse Parker]

Oh, no, it has nothing to do with Dr. Carew.

[Dr. Kildare]

At all.

[Nurse Parker]

It's your watch that I was supposed to take to the jewelers last month. I just found it. My desk. I'd forgotten all about it.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Jimmy, we have here a living proof of a very interesting biological fact.

[Dr. Kildare]

What's that?

[Dr. Gillespie]

That the human organism is capable of surviving without a brain.

[Barbara Lane]

Oh.

[Dr. Gillespie]

What? Do you deny that you're a nincompoop?

[Nurse Parker]

Well, I've just been waiting for the next time you insulted me like this. And I would like to inform you that intellect is invisible to the man who has none.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Well, by the great horn, sport, where'd you find that?

[Dr. Kildare]

Why, Dr. Gillespie, don't you remember? That's from Schopenhauer.

[Narrator]

You have just heard the story of Dr. Kildare. Starring Lou Ayers and Lionel Barrymore. Dr. Kildare is presented by arrangement with Metro Goldwyn Mayer, producers of Key to the City, starring Clark Gable, Loretta Young, Frank Morgan and Marilyn Maxwell. 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, Ed Max Barley Bear, Tom Brown and Barbara Ruick. Dick Joy, Spe.

[Barbara Lane]

Sam.

[Dr. Gillespie]

Foreign.

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