Doctor on Call

{{Short description|1950 film}} {{Infobox film | name =Doctor on Call | image =File:Doctor on Call.jpeg | caption = | director =Adolfo Fernández Bustamante | producer =Fernando de Fuentes Juan Bustillo Oro Miguel Zacarías | writer = Adolfo Fernández Bustamante Paulino Masip | narrator = | starring = Armando Calvo Lilia del Valle Luis Beristáin | music = Gonzalo Curiel | cinematography = Ezequiel Carrasco | editing = José W. Bustos | studio = Producciones Dyana | distributor = Azteca Films | released = {{Film date|1950|07|26|df=yes}} | runtime = 94 minutes | country = Mexico | language = Spanish | budget = | gross = }} '''''Doctor on Call''''' (Spanish: '''''Médico de guardia''''') is a 1950 Mexican drama film directed by Adolfo Fernández Bustamante and starring Armando Calvo, Lilia del Valle and Luis Beristáin.<ref>Tuñón p.96</ref> It was shot at the Tepeyac Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Javier Torres Torija.

==Cast== * Armando Calvo as El Director de Hospital (Dr. Enrique Méndez) * Lilia del Valle as La Jefa de Enfermeras (Beatriz Lozano) * Luis Beristáin as El Investigador (Dr. Jaime Prieto) * Josefina Escobedo as La Doctora (Doctora Yáñez) * Armando Sáenz as El Practicante (Ruiz) * Juan Calvo as El Padre sin hijos (Señor Hinojosa) * Patricia Morán as La Moribunda (Carmen Rosado) * Miguel Ángel López is disamb as El Torero (Lalo) * Queta Lavat as La Enfermera (Irene) * Felipe Montoya as El Médico de Comisaría (Dr. Sevilla) * Enrique Díaz 'Indiano' as El Droguista (Sr. Bermúdez) * Irma Dorantes as La Seducida (Magdalena Orozco) * Rafael Estrada as El Seductor (Ricardo) * Mimí Derba as La Madre (doña Carmen, madre de Jaime) * Carolina Barret as La Cabaretera (Inés Rodríguez * Nicolás Rodríguez as El Del Apéndice * Héctor Mateos as El Influyente * María Gentil Arcos as Madre de Lalo

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== * Tuñón, Julia. ''Body & spirit: Five centuries of medical architecture in Mexico''. Secretaría de Salud, 2005.

==External links== * {{IMDb title|0252742}}

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