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.