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The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case

The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case

PRIMITIVE PASSIONS THAT LED TO Murder!

Part of The Crime Doctor Collection

1943•1h 8m•4.8/10
Crime

Ratings

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4.8/10(5)

The Crime Doctor gets involved in the case of the poisoning of a wealthy industrialist.

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Production

Larry Darmour Productions, Columbia Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Warner Baxter

Warner Baxter

Dr. Robert Ordway

Lynn Merrick

Lynn Merrick

Ellen Trotter

Gloria Dickson

Gloria Dickson

Mrs. Keppler / Evelyn Fenton Cartwright

Barton MacLane

Barton MacLane

Detective Rief

Jerome Cowan

Jerome Cowan

Mallory Cartwright

Reginald Denny

Reginald Denny

Paul Ashley

Rose Hobart

Rose Hobart

Mrs. Diana Burns

Virginia Brissac

Virginia Brissac

Patricia Cornwall

Lloyd Bridges

Lloyd Bridges

Jimmy Trotter

Constance Worth

Constance Worth

Betty Watson

Sam Flint

Sam Flint

Addison Burns

Creighton Hale

Creighton Hale

Dr. Carter

Thomas E. Jackson

Thomas E. Jackson

Detective Yarnell

George Lynn

George Lynn

Walter Burns

Ray Walker

Ray Walker

Mr. George H. Fenton

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