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The Crime Doctor's Warning

"Artists and Models tangle with murder and terror!"

User Score5 votes
58%5.8/10
Release1945
Runtime1H 10M
LanguageEnglish
StatusReleased

Synopsis

A criminal psychologist treats an artist whose blackouts coincide with a series of murders.

Principal Cast8

Full Cast & Crew (32)

Media3

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Director

William Castle

William Castle

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Certification

NR

Keywords

radio seriescrime doctor

Collection

The Crime Doctor Collection

The Crime Doctor Collection

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Reviews1

CinemaSerf6/10

Warner Baxter takes the established radio sleuthing doctor "Ordway" into a perplexing mystery where an artistic wealthy young heir is accused of murdering one of his models. He is working with "Insp. Dawes" (John Litel) trying not just to get to the bottom of the crime, but to save the young man "Clive" (Coulter Irwin) from being certified insane by his own mother who doesn't much like the idea that he associates with "models" in the first place! It doesn't help that the young man is also prone to amnesia and has no real idea whether he did or didn't do anything! What now ensues is not the most difficult of puzzles for us to get to grips with - not least because the casting does rather point to an obvious suspect! That said, though, it's quite a well written and paced drama that makes more of the psychology of crime rather than just a follow-the-breadcrumbs exercise. This fits into the mould of many other serial-style features featuring a detective character taking on a variety of not so sinister foes and if you watch it in the spirit that nothing here is particularly original nor well produced, then it will easily pass an hour or so.

Jan 6, 2024

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Production:Larry Darmour ProductionsColumbia Pictures