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Crime Doctor's Warning
Crime Doctor's Warning is a 1945 American mystery film directed by William Castle, and fourth in the Crime Doctor series of ten films produced between 1943 and 1949.
| Crime Doctor's Warning | |
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| Directed by | William Castle |
| Screenplay by | Eric Taylor |
| Based on | Crime Doctor 1940-47 radio program by Max Marcin |
| Produced by | Rudolph C. Flothow |
| Starring | Warner Baxter John Litel Dusty Anderson |
| Cinematography | L. William O'Connell |
| Edited by | Dwight Caldwell |
| Music by | Paul Sawtell |
Production company | Columbia Pictures |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 70 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
William Castle made it just before leaving to help make The Lady from Shanghai.[1]
Plot summary edit
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In this murder mystery, Coulter Irwin plays a returning World War II veteran named Clive Lake, with a problem explained by Dr Ordway, a psychiatrist, as 'transient amnesia'. The condition is characterized by headaches and no memory of the events. During a party in Lake's studio/apartment his beautiful girlfriend is found dead under a sofa, murdered. The police suspect Lake of the killing, but the Crime Doctor (Warner Baxter) is not so sure, and proceeds to investigate further.
Cast edit
- Warner Baxter as Dr. Robert Ordway
- John Litel as Inspector Dawes
- Dusty Anderson as Connie Mace
- Coulter Irwin as Clive Lake
- Miles Mander as Frederick Malone
- John Abbott as Jimmy Gordon
- George Meeker as Attorney #1 (uncredited)
- Arthur Aylesworth as Attorney #2 (uncredited)
- J.M. Kerrigan as Robert MacPherson (uncredited)
- Alma Kruger as Mrs. Lake (uncredited)
References edit
- ^ Castle, William (1976). Step right up! : ... I'm gonna scare the pants off America. Putnam. p. 109.
External links edit
- Crime Doctor's Warning at IMDb
- Crime Doctor's Warning at AllMovie
- Crime Doctor's Warning at the TCM Movie Database
- Crime Doctor's Warning at the American Film Institute Catalog