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The Crime of Doctor Crespi

  • 19351935
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 3m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
340
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Paul Guilfoyle, Erich von Stroheim, and Harriet Russell in The Crime of Doctor Crespi (1935)
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A crazed scientist invents a serum that induces a catatonic state in whoever it is injected into. He uses the serum to paralyze his enemies, so that he can bury them alive.A crazed scientist invents a serum that induces a catatonic state in whoever it is injected into. He uses the serum to paralyze his enemies, so that he can bury them alive.A crazed scientist invents a serum that induces a catatonic state in whoever it is injected into. He uses the serum to paralyze his enemies, so that he can bury them alive.
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
340
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    • John H. Auer
  • Writers
    • John H. Auer(story)
    • Edgar Allan Poe(suggested by: "Premature Burial")
    • Lou Goldberg(adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Erich von Stroheim
    • Harriet Russell
    • Dwight Frye
    • John H. Auer
  • Writers
    • John H. Auer(story)
    • Edgar Allan Poe(suggested by: "Premature Burial")
    • Lou Goldberg(adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Erich von Stroheim
    • Harriet Russell
    • Dwight Frye
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 16User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
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    Erich Von Stroheim, CRIME OF DR. CRESPI, THE, Republic, 1935, **I.V.
    Paul Guilfoyle, Erich von Stroheim, and Harriet Russell in The Crime of Doctor Crespi (1935)
    Paul Guilfoyle, John Bohn, and Dwight Frye in The Crime of Doctor Crespi (1935)
    Erich von Stroheim and Dwight Frye in The Crime of Doctor Crespi (1935)
    Erich von Stroheim in The Crime of Doctor Crespi (1935)
    Erich von Stroheim in The Crime of Doctor Crespi (1935)
    Erich von Stroheim and Harriet Russell in The Crime of Doctor Crespi (1935)
    Erich von Stroheim and Dwight Frye in The Crime of Doctor Crespi (1935)

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    Erich von Stroheim
    Erich von Stroheim
    • Dr. Andre Crespi
    Harriet Russell
    • Estelle Gorham Ross
    Dwight Frye
    Dwight Frye
    • Dr. Thomas
    Paul Guilfoyle
    Paul Guilfoyle
    • Dr. John Arnold
    John Bohn
    • Dr. Stephen Ross
    Geraldine Kay
    • Miss Rexford
    Jean Brooks
    Jean Brooks
    • Miss Gordon
    • (as Jeanne Kelly)
    Patsy Berlin
    • Jeanne Ross - the Child
    Joe Verdi
    • Di Angelo
    Dean Raymond
    Dean Raymond
    • Minister
    Laura Bullivant
    • Nurse at Ross' Bedside
    • (uncredited)
      • John H. Auer
    • Writers
      • John H. Auer(story)
      • Edgar Allan Poe(suggested by: "Premature Burial")
      • Lou Goldberg(adaptation)
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      Dwight Frye received the highest billing of his career in this film.
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    6/10
    It ain't no crime!
    Even though Erich von Stroheim privately referred to this film as "The Crime of Republic," he delivers one of his most gracefully modulated early sound performances in this beguiling low-budget shocker. One of the better examples of the mad-doctor-gets-revenge-against-normal-man-who-stole-his-girl genre of the mid-thirties ("The Raven," "Murders in the Zoo," "Mad Love"), "Crespi" is made especially memorable by its low-key, dapper star, who wears designer lab coats, keeps a baby skeleton in his office as a sort of mascot/alter ego, and shows a refreshing lack of patience with the earnest, romantic idiots he's surrounded with.
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    • Release date
      • September 24, 1935 (United States)
      • United States
      • Italian
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Biograph Studios, Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Liberty Pictures
      • Lobster Films
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    • 1 hour 3 minutes
      • Black and White

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