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Crime Doctor

Crime Doctor

1943Movie⏱️ 1h 6mApproved
CrimeMysteryThriller
⭐ 6.3
IMDB Rating
654 votes

Amnesia victim, Robert Ordway, becomes the country's leading criminal psychologist. After he is hit on the head by someone from his past, he suddenly remembers his previous life as a criminal.

Director
Michael Gordon
Writers
C. Graham Baker, Louis Lantz, Jerome Odlum
Stars
Warner Baxter, Margaret Lindsay, John Litel
Release Date
June 22, 1943
Language
English
Country
United States
πŸ’¬ 24
Reviews
πŸ“½οΈ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Warner Baxter
Warner Baxter
as Dr. Robert Ordway
Margaret Lindsay
Margaret Lindsay
as Grace Fielding
John Litel
John Litel
as Emilio Caspari aka Three Fingers
Ray Collins
Ray Collins
as Dr. John Carey
Harold Huber
Harold Huber
as Joe Dylan
Don Costello
Don Costello
as Nick Ferris
Leon Ames
Leon Ames
as William Wheeler
Dorothy Tree
Dorothy Tree
as Pearl Adams
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Vi Athens
as Myrtle Perrin
Constance Worth
Constance Worth
as Betty - Ordway's Nurse-Receptionist

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Mulholland Drive, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production
Larry Darmour Productions

🏷️ Keywords

retributionbank robberyhospitalbandagesamnesia

🎯 Categories

CrimeMysteryThriller

⭐ Featured Review

The birth of Robert Ordway M.D.
by Spondonman β€’ 2007-06-07
8/10

"This was the opening chapter in the Crime Doctor series from Columbia, and as usual the first cut is the deepest. The other nine films veered from lightly sparkling to slightly insipid but all lovely to see - this one was strikingly thought provoking with many memorable scenes scattered throughout. Additionally the production values, acting and plots were of a consistently high standard, and basically Columbia allowed Warner Baxter a six year holiday with the filming of them to help him recover his dodgy health. A man is tossed out of a moving car as one dead in 1932, turns out an amnesiac wh..."

πŸ’‘ Did You Know?

Ray Collins, who plays Dr. Carey in this film, is one of several actors who played the title character in the "Crime Doctor" radio series.

πŸ“– Synopsis

Amnesia victim, Robert Ordway, becomes the country's leading criminal psychologist. After he is hit on the head by someone from his past, he suddenly remembers his previous life as a criminal.