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Secrets of a Nurse
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Secrets of a Nurse

1938-12-02 · 75 min · ★ 5.5

Drama · Crime · Romance

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.

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Directors
Arthur Lubin
Production companies
Universal Pictures
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Helen MackHelen MackNurse Katherine 'Mack' MacDonald
Dick ForanDick Foran'Killer' Lee Burke
Edmund LoweEdmund LoweJohn Dodge
Leon AmesLeon AmesJoe Largo
Horace McMahonHorace McMahonLarry Carson
Paul HurstPaul HurstArlington Bysshe 'Slice' Cavanaugh
David OliverDavid Oliver'Spud', the valet
Samuel S. HindsSamuel S. HindsJudge Corrigan
Clarence MuseClarence Muse'Tiger', Lee's Handler
Alan LaddAlan LaddHospital Orderly (uncredited)

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