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Crime Doctor's Warning | |
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Directed by | William Castle |
Screenplay by | Eric Taylor |
Based on | Crime Doctor 1940-47 radio program by Max Marcin |
Produced by | Rudolph C. Flothow |
Starring | Warner Baxter John Litel Dusty Anderson |
Cinematography | L. William O'Connell |
Edited by | Dwight Caldwell |
Music by | Paul Sawtell |
Production company | Columbia Pictures |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 70 min. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Crime Doctor's Warning is a 1945 American mystery film directed by William Castle, and fourth in the Crime Doctor series of ten films produced between 1943 and 1949.
William Castle made it just before leaving to help make The Lady from Shanghai . [1]
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Clive Lake is a returning World War II veteran That visit Dr. Ordway’s office to explain his concern about lapses in his memory. Dr Ordway, a psychiatrist, explains to lake that he may be experiencing 'transient amnesia'. The condition is characterized by headaches and no memory of the events. While painting a model, he begins to experience severe headaches. He calls Dr. Ordway to tell him he believes he’s going to have another episode and to come to his studio apartment immediately. Clive explains to the model that he is going to go out to the roof to get some air and to clear his head. In the next scene we see someone sneaking into the apartment and attacks the model. The murderer dropped the key under the sofa. During a party in Lake's apartment his beautiful girlfriend is found dead under a sofa, murdered. The police suspect Lake of the killing, but the Crime Doctor is not so sure, and proceeds to investigate further.
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