Dr. Kildare Breakdown (Season 2, Episode 7)
TV Episode | 60 min | Drama

Dr. Kildare

Breakdown (Season 2, Episode 7)

TV Episode | 60 min | Drama

Kildare works under an orthopedist who, while highly skilled and efficient, is also overly perfectionist and demanding with those who work under him. Especially Kildare, whom he starts to suspect of wanting to undermine him.

Director

Lawrence Dobkin

Writer

Betty Andrews (written by)

Producer

David Victor

Cinematographer

Harkness Smith

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Edit Released

Updated Nov 8, 1962

Release date

Nov 8, 1962 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

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

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13 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)
Larry Parks Dr. Steven Waller Dr. Steven Waller See fewer	The Jolson Story (1946)
Inga Swenson Paula Waller Paula Waller See fewer	Benson (1979)
Eddie Ryder Dr. Simon Agurski Dr. Simon Agurski See fewer	The Twilight Zone (1959)
Ken Berry Dr. John Kapish Dr. John Kapish See fewer	The Cat from Outer Space (1978)
Gary Judis Dr. Vincent Barnes Dr. Vincent Barnes See fewer	Wild Youth (1960)
Maxine Stuart Nurse Mary Ayers Nurse Mary Ayers See fewer	The Twilight Zone (1959)
Ellen Corby Ainsley Hallie Ainsley Hallie See fewer	The Waltons (1972)
Leslie Barringer Tommy Tommy See fewer	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
Norma Connolly Therapist Therapist See fewer	The Wrong Man (1956)
Norman Alden Bernie (uncredited) Bernie (uncredited) See fewer	Back to the Future (1985)
Monte Burkhart Intern (uncredited) Intern (uncredited) See fewer	Flaming Star (1960)