Her Favorite Patient

aka Bedside Manner

(1945)

Comedy

72 minutes

Directed by Andrew L. Stone

Cast:

John Carroll as Morgan Hale

Ruth Hussey as Dr. Hedy Fredericks, MD

Charles Ruggles as Doc Fredericks

Ann Rutherford as Lola Cross

Esther Dale as Martha Gravitt

Grant Mitchell as Mr. Pope

Frank Jenks as Pvt. Harry Smith

Vera Marsh as Mrs. Mary Hastings

Claudia Drake as Tanya Punchinskaya

Renee Godfrey as Stella Livingston

Joel McGinnis as Pvt. Tommy Smith

John James as Pfc. Dick Smith

Bert Roach as George Hastings

Dr. Hedy Fredericks is a beautiful doctor who stops to visit her hometown from Chicago.  Her uncle is the town’s doctor and is tired from all the work he does, so she stays to help him.  A good-looking test pilot falls in love with her and works with her uncle to devise a plan on his fake illness in order to see her more.