The Crime Doctor's Warning

Sep 27, 1945

1h 10m

★ 5.5

Artists and Models tangle with murder and terror!

Overview

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

Genres

Mystery

Crime

Production Companies

Larry Darmour Productions

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Dr. Robert Ordway

Warner Baxter

Inspector Dawes

John Litel

Connie Mace

Dusty Anderson

Clive Lake

Coulter Irwin

Frederick Malone

Miles Mander

Jimmy Gordon

John Abbott

Mrs. Lake's Attorney #2 (uncredited)

Arthur Aylesworth

The Turnkey (uncredited)

Jack Cheatham

Nick Petroni (uncredited)

Eduardo Ciannelli

Joseph Duval (uncredited)

Franco Corsaro

Dr. Forday Booth (uncredited)

Boyd Davis

Gordon's Street Model (uncredited)

Margia Dean

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5.9

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5.8

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6.5

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6.0

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6.1

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6.2

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6.6

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4.0

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5.8

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5.9

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6.3

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5.9

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5.9

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5.3

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5.4

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