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Mystery

The Crime Doctor's Courage

- Radio's Crime Doctor bares Hidden Secrets!

A criminal psychiatrist investigates the murder of a two-time widower.

Release Date : 1945-02-27

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Larry Darmour ProductionsColumbia Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Warner Baxter

Character Name : Dr. Robert Ordway

Original Name : Warner Baxter

Gender : Male

Hillary Brooke

Character Name : Kathleen Carson

Original Name : Hillary Brooke

Gender : Female

Jerome Cowan

Character Name : Jeffers 'Jeff' Jerome

Original Name : Jerome Cowan

Gender : Male

Mark Roberts

Character Name : Bob Rencoret (as Robert Scott)

Original Name : Mark Roberts

Gender : Male

Lloyd Corrigan

Character Name : John Massey

Original Name : Lloyd Corrigan

Gender : Male

Emory Parnell

Character Name : Police Captain Birch

Original Name : Emory Parnell

Gender : Male

Stephen Crane

Character Name : Gordon Carson

Original Name : Stephen Crane

Gender : Male

Charles Arnt

Character Name : Butler

Original Name : Charles Arnt

Gender : Male

Anthony Caruso

Character Name : Miguel Bragga

Original Name : Anthony Caruso

Gender : Male

Lupita Tovar

Character Name : Dolores Bragga

Original Name : Lupita Tovar

Gender : Female

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-01-06

I reckon that this is my favourite of these Warner Baxter outings as the sleuthing psychiatrist "Ordway". A man posing as a waiter at an swanky dinner accuses their host of being a wife-murderer. Not just one wife, mind - but two. Anyway he retires to his study where he seemingly commits suicide. "Ordway" is drafted in to investigate at the behest of the puzzled "Capt. Birch" (Emory Parnell) and is soon caught up with the antics of a cabaret act whom people are gradually beginning to believe are three hundred year old vampires! Of course there's no such thing - but the act are never seen in the dark and have papers signed in Madrid by none other than King Philip IV in the 1640s! The doc is bamboozled, but we just know he will use science and common sense to unravel the mystery and that there is a common sense - most likely venal - reason behind it all. There's quite a fun dynamic between Parnell and Baxter and a solid contribution from Hillary Brooke's "Kathleen" as well as a few rope-spinning performances from the seemingly immortal "Bragga" magicians. It's even got it's own butler - and does raise a smile now and again.