DOCTOR BULL
DIRECTED BY JOHN FORD
PRODUCED BY WINFIELD R. SHEEHAN
FOX FILM CORPORATION
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Plot Summary
Dr. Bull is an old-fashioned country doctor whose affair with the widow Janet Cardmaker
is creating waves in the small town where he practices.
When there is a mysterious outbreak of typhoid which the doctor is slow in reacting to,
it all comes to a head.
The townspeople hold an emergency meeting and decide to give Dr. Bull the sack
and bring in a new doctor. Dr. Bull must find a way to save his job,
his reputation, and a young man's life, whom all other practitioners
have written off as a permanent invalid.
Written by Alfred Jingle
Full Cast
Will Rogers ... Dr. George 'Doc' Bull
Vera Allen ... Mrs. Janet 'Jane' Cardmaker, Widow of Charles Edward Cardmaker / Bull's Girlfriend
Marian Nixon ... May Tupping - Telephone Operator
Howard Lally ... Joe Tupping
Berton Churchill ... Herbert Banning - Janet's Brother
Louise Dresser ... Mrs. Herbert Banning
Andy Devine ... Larry Ward, Sodajerk
Rochelle Hudson ... Virginia (Muller) / Banning
Tempe Pigott ... Grandma Banning
Elizabeth Patterson ... Aunt Patricia Banning
Nora Cecil ... Aunt Emily Banning
Ralph Morgan ... Dr. Verney, Owner Verney Laboratory
Patsy O'Byrne ... Susan - Dr. Bull's Cook
Veda Buckland ... Mary - Janet's Maid
Effie Ellsler ... Aunt Myra Bull
Helen Freeman ... Helen Upjohn, New Winton Postmistress
Reginald Barlow ... Supporter #1 for Dr. Bull (uncredited)
Louise Carter ... Mrs. Ely, New Winton's Gossip (uncredited)
James Donlan ... Harry Weems - Supporter #3 for Dr. Bull (uncredited)
Mike Donlin ... Lester Dunn - Supporter #2 for Dr. Bull (uncredited)
Francis Ford ... Mr. Herring, Metting Chairman (uncredited)
Mary Gordon ... Townswoman at Meeting (uncredited)
Ethel Griffies ... Miss Ace (uncredited)
Otis Harlan ... Agitator (uncredited)
George Humbert ... Louis Papolita, New Father of Boy (uncredited)
Si Jenks ... Gaylord, Janet's Farmhand (uncredited)
Cammilla Johnson ... Little Girl (uncredited)
Marcia Mae Jones ... Ruth, a School Girl (uncredited)
Charles Middleton ... Mr. Upjohn, Selectman (uncredited)
Sarah Padden ... Mary the Canning Cook (uncredited)
Robert Parrish ... Teenager (uncredited)
Billy Watson ... Billy Watson, School Boy (uncredited)
Writing Credits
James Gould Cozzens (novel "The Last Adam")
Paul Green (adaptation)
Jane Storm (continuity)
Philip Klein uncredited
Original Music
Samuel Kaylin (uncredited)
Cinematography
George Schneiderman
Trivia
In the book, there are discussions about abortion between Doctor Bull and Virginia Banning. These were dropped from the script after a complaint from the Hays Office. In the movie, there is just a vague notion she is pregnant. Also, the character of Larry Ward had a venereal disease in the book, but in the film he's just a hypochondriac.