Dr. Kildare The Roaring Boy-O (Season 1, Episode 24)
TV Episode | 60 min | Drama

Dr. Kildare

The Roaring Boy-O (Season 1, Episode 24)

TV Episode | 60 min | Drama

A down-and-out, alcoholic poet is found to be suffering from advanced cirrhosis. Unfortunately, his devoted girlfriend has taken to drink as well, and Kildare hopes he can still save her from the poet's fate.

Director

Elliot Silverstein

Writers

Emmet Lavery (story) | John Whedon (teleplay)

Producer

Herbert Hirschman

Composer

Richard Markowitz (music score)

Cinematographer

Harkness Smith

Editor

John Baxter Rogers (as John B. Rogers)

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Edit Released

Updated Mar 15, 1962

Release date

Mar 15, 1962 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 5 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 2 wins & 4 nominations

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14 cast members

Name	Known for
Richard Chamberlain Dr. James Kildare Dr. James Kildare See fewer	The Towering Inferno (1974)
Raymond Massey Dr. Leonard Gillespie Dr. Leonard Gillespie See fewer	Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Dan O'Herlihy John Patrick McHenry John Patrick McHenry See fewer	RoboCop (1987)
Fay Spain Sally Winters Sally Winters See fewer	The Godfather Part II (1974)
Jean Inness Nurse Beatrice Fain Nurse Beatrice Fain See fewer	The Twilight Zone (1959)
Clegg Hoyt Mac Mac See fewer	13 West Street (1962)
Ken Berry Dr. John Kapish Dr. John Kapish See fewer	Mama's Family (1983)
Robert Gibbons Priest Priest See fewer	The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
Jimmy Cross Bartender Bartender See fewer	Everything's Ducky (1961)
Carol Andreson Nurse Millie McLean Nurse Millie McLean See fewer	Mission: Impossible (1966)
Dick Crockett Brawler (uncredited) Brawler (uncredited) See fewer	The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
John Damler Policeman John (uncredited) Policeman John (uncredited) See fewer	The Long Wait (1954)
Sol Gorss Brawler (uncredited) Brawler (uncredited) See fewer	Climax! (1954)
Henry Wills Brawler (uncredited) Brawler (uncredited) See fewer	Pump Up the Volume (1990)