The Crime of Doctor Hallet

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The Crime of Doctor Hallet
The Crime of Doctor Hallet (1938) poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by S. Sylvan Simon
Screenplay by Lester Cole
Brown Holmes
Story byLester Cole
Carl Dreher
Produced by Edmund Grainger
Starring Ralph Bellamy
Josephine Hutchinson
William Gargan
Barbara Read
John 'Dusty' King
Charles Stevens
Cinematography Milton Krasner
Edited by Philip Cahn (uncredited)
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • March 11, 1938 (1938-03-11)
Running time
68 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$130,000 [1]

The Crime of Doctor Hallet is a 1938 American drama film, directed by S. Sylvan Simon and starring Ralph Bellamy, Josephine Hutchinson, William Gargan, Barbara Read, John 'Dusty' King, and Charles Stevens. The film was released by Universal Pictures on March 11, 1938. [2] [3] [4]

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Plot

Doctor Hallet is working in the jungle with his wife to find the cure to the red fever, when another doctor comes to be a guinea pig for them, since he doesn't believe in Doctor Hallet's work, the men ends up dying and Doctor Hallet takes his identity and tries to finish the dead man's job.

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