Crime Doctor's Warning (1945)

Director:

William Castle

Writers:

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

Release Date:

27 September 1945 (USA)

Genre:

Mystery

Tagline:

A KILLER WITHOUT A PAST! (original ad - all caps)

Plot Keywords:

Domineering Mother | Hypnosis | Sequel | Artist | Murder

Cast

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
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kit Guard	...	Extra in Street Corridor (scenes deleted)

Also Known As:

Doctor's Warning (UK)

Runtime:

70 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Company:

Larry Darmour Productions

Movie Connections:

Follows Shadows in the Night (1944)

A Mystery that Keeps You Guessing

Dr. Robert Ordway, (Warner Baxter) plays another role as Crime Doctor and gets involved with a young man named Clive Lake, (Coulter Irwin) who has problems with black outs when he returned from WWII. Clive lives with his mother who is very domineering and is very unhappy about her son falling in love with a model and then her sudden death which was caused by a murder. The police get involved and Inspector Davis, (John Litel) wants to book Clive for the girls killing; however, Dr. Ordway feels that Clive is innocent of the crime and proceeds with his own investigation, meanwhile other murders are committed. There is a painting called "The Ring" which shows three models in the picture which will reveal some deep dark secrets about the murders Nice low budget film from the past. Enjoy.