The Crime Doctor's Warning

The Crime Doctor's Warning

27/9/1945 1h 10m 5.8/10

Overview

A criminal psychologist treats an artist whose blackouts coincide with a series of murders.

Director

William Castle

Top Billed Cast

John Litel

John Litel

Inspector Dawes

Warner Baxter

Warner Baxter

Dr. Robert Ordway

Miles Mander

Miles Mander

Frederick Malone

John Abbott

John Abbott

Jimmy Gordon

Coulter Irwin

Coulter Irwin

Clive Lake

Dusty Anderson

Dusty Anderson

Connie Mace

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

1/6/2024

6/10

Warner Baxter takes the established radio sleuthing doctor "Ordway" into a perplexing mystery where an artistic wealthy young heir is accused of murdering one of his models. He is working with "Insp. Dawes" (John Litel) trying not just to get to the bottom of the crime, but to save the young man "Clive" (Coulter Irwin) from being certified insane by his own mother who doesn't much like the idea that he associates with "models" in the first place! It doesn't help that the young man is also prone to amnesia and has no real idea whether he did or didn't do anything! What now ensues is not the most difficult of puzzles for us to get to grips with - not least because the casting does rather point to an obvious suspect! That said, though, it's quite a well written and paced drama that makes more of the psychology of crime rather than just a follow-the-breadcrumbs exercise. This fits into the mould of many other serial-style features featuring a detective character taking on a variety of not so sinister foes and if you watch it in the spirit that nothing here is particularly original nor well produced, then it will easily pass an hour or so.

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