The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case
"PRIMITIVE PASSIONS THAT LED TO Murder!"
The Crime Doctor gets involved in the case of the poisoning of a wealthy industrialist.
Top Cast
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Warner Baxter
Dr. Robert Ordway
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Lynn Merrick
Ellen Trotter
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Gloria Dickson
Mrs. Keppler / Evelyn Fenton Cartwright
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Barton MacLane
Detective Rief
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Jerome Cowan
Mallory Cartwright
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Reginald Denny
Paul Ashley
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Rose Hobart
Mrs. Diana Burns
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Virginia Brissac
Patricia Cornwall
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Lloyd Bridges
Jimmy Trotter
Overview
The Crime Doctor gets involved in the case of the poisoning of a wealthy industrialist.
Rating
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1 Reviews
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CinemaSerf6 Jan 7, 2024When a wealthy industrialist is found dead at his home, suspicions point to his assistant "Jimmy" (Lloyd Bridges) who is only at liberty after being involved in a similar incident with a previous employer, thanks to the intervention of sleuthing psychiatrist "Dr. Ordway" (Warner Baxter). Luckily, the doctor is on hand here to try and get to the bottom of a mystery that might go back over thirty years, to the disappearance of the dead man's partner "Fenton". As "Ordway" starts to look into the circumstances of the death, he discovers that there are a few suspects and that you can do quite a bit of damage with a soda-straw! It's got quite a few twists, some disguises, darkroom fisticuffs and a small conflagration on the way to a deduction that isn't the hardest for us to make, but that we can enjoy watching him arrive at with a conclusion that uses a clever sting operation and a locked safe. It's got a decent supporting cast and holds the attention fine for an hour.
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