The Crime Doctor's Warning
Artists and Models tangle with murder and terror!
1945 | 70m | English
Popularity: 0.4 (history)
| Director: | William Castle |
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| Writer: | Eric Taylor |
| Staring: |
| A criminal psychologist treats an artist whose blackouts coincide with a series of murders. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 27, 1945 |
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| Director: | William Castle |
| Writer: | Eric Taylor |
| Genres: | Crime, Mystery |
| Keywords | radio series, crime doctor |
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures, Larry Darmour Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 (Update) Entered: Apr 29, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Warner Baxter | Dr. Robert Ordway |
| John Litel | Inspector Dawes |
| Dusty Anderson | Connie Mace |
| Coulter Irwin | Clive Lake |
| Miles Mander | Frederick Malone |
| John Abbott | Jimmy Gordon |
| Arthur Aylesworth | Mrs. Lake's Attorney #2 (uncredited) |
| Jack Cheatham | The Turnkey (uncredited) |
| Eduardo Ciannelli | Nick Petroni (uncredited) |
| Franco Corsaro | Joseph Duval (uncredited) |
| Boyd Davis | Dr. Forday Booth (uncredited) |
| Margia Dean | Gordon's Street Model (uncredited) |
| Bess Flowers | Bridge Player (uncredited) |
| Joe Gilbert | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Kit Guard | Man in Street Corridor (uncredited) |
| Sam Harris | Bridge Player (uncredited) |
| Alma Kruger | Mrs. Wellington Lake (uncredited) |
| Ethelreda Leopold | Model (uncredited) |
| Eric Mayne | Cafe Patron (uncredited) |
| George Meeker | Mrs. Lake's Attorney #1 (uncredited) |
| Sammy Shack | Cafe Patron (uncredited) |
| Count Stefenelli | Cafe Patron (uncredited) |
| J.M. Kerrigan | Robert MacPherson (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| William Castle | Director |
| Leonard J. Shapiro | Assistant Director |
| Hugh McDowell Jr. | Sound |
| Max Marcin | Characters |
| Eric Taylor | Writer |
| Paul Sawtell | Original Music Composer |
| L. William O'Connell | Director of Photography |
| Dwight Caldwell | Editor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Rudolph C. Flothow | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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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 "Cl ... ive" (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.