Bedside Manner

Beside Manner has Dr. Ruth Hussey on her way to Chicago to take a position in a big hospital. But she stops in her small Illinois hometown to visit her uncle Charlie Ruggles who is also a physician.

Ruggles is having trouble keeping is head above water. With a war plant now in his town and being one of only two doctors he's got more practice than he can handle. Ruggles does more than hint he'd like her to stay. But doing a better job of keeping her around is John Carroll who is a test pilot for the product the factory turns out.

This is a pleasant come which has the look and feel of an MGM B picture, mostly because a lot of the players are from MGM. One of those is Ann Rutherford who adds a serious note of being a pretty girl who suffered burns in a factory accident. This one kind of reminded me of my own mother who took a job in Bausch&Lomb factory part time after school during the same years as this film was out. We were a united people then trying to defeat a most gruesome and determined foe.

This cast gives a great ensemble performance and Bedside Manner is a great piece of nostalgia from the WW2 years of the 40s.