Crime Doctor's Strangest Case (1943)

Director:

Eugene Forde

Writers:

Max Marcin (radio series characters)
Eric Taylor (writer)

Release Date:

9 December 1943 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Fire | Nightmare | Beautiful Woman | Murder | Poison

Cast

Warner Baxter	...	Dr. Robert Ordway
Lynn Merrick	...	Ellen Trotter
Gloria Dickson	...	Mrs. Keppler aka Evelyn Fenton Cartwright
Barton MacLane	...	Detective Rief
Jerome Cowan	...	Mallory Cartwright
Reginald Denny	...	Paul Ashley
Rose Hobart	...	Mrs. Diana Burns
Virginia Brissac	...	Patricia Cornwall
Lloyd Bridges	...	Jimmy Trotter
Constance Worth	...	Betty Watson

Also Known As:

Strangest Case (UK)

Runtime:

68 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Larry Darmour Productions

Trivia:

In this movie, Gloria Dickson is married to a man, played by Jerome Cowan, who is habitually starting fires with carelessly discarded smoking materials. There are two scenes in the movie, including the final scene, in which he starts such fires. Her character comments, "I'm practically cremated." when describing living with him. Ironically, just two short years after this movie was released Gloria was killed in a house fire, suspected to have been caused by a carelessly discarded cigarette.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The club has been closed for a while yet the phone still works.

Movie Connections:

Followed by Shadows in the Night (1944)

Pretty Good Mystery for 1943

Enjoyed this black and white picture from 1943 and Warren Baxter,(Dr. Robert Ordway) who is a psychologist and at the same time gets himself involved solving crimes and out smarts all the professional police enforcers. In this picture Dr. Robert Ordway comes to the aid of Loyld Bridges, (Jimmy Totter) who is an ex-con and seeks the doctors advice about starting a new position and the fact that he had intentions of marrying Lynn Merrick, (Ellen Totter). Dr. Ordway suggests that he not get married for awhile until he gets settled in his new job. There is plenty of trouble that starts and the mystery gets quite complicated and many scenes are filmed in an old night club that is closed and everything is mostly done in the complete dark with very poor flashlights and even kerosene lamps are used and a telephone rings right after a fire in the night club.