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The Crime Doctor's Courage

  • 19451945
  • 1h 10m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
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Warner Baxter, Hillary Brooke, Lloyd Corrigan, Jerome Cowan, Stephen Crane, Emory Parnell, and Mark Roberts in The Crime Doctor's Courage (1945)
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Dr. Ordway investigates the death of man whose first two wives were murdered.Dr. Ordway investigates the death of man whose first two wives were murdered.Dr. Ordway investigates the death of man whose first two wives were murdered.
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
312
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
136,314
54,460
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    • Director
      • George Sherman
    • Writers
      • Eric Taylor(story by)
      • Max Marcin(based on the radio program by)
    • Stars
      • Warner Baxter
      • Hillary Brooke
      • Jerome Cowan
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    • Director
      • George Sherman
    • Writers
      • Eric Taylor(story by)
      • Max Marcin(based on the radio program by)
    • Stars
      • Warner Baxter
      • Hillary Brooke
      • Jerome Cowan
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    • 16User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
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    Warner Baxter, Hillary Brooke, Mark Roberts, and Lupita Tovar in The Crime Doctor's Courage (1945)
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    Warner Baxter
    Warner Baxter
    • Dr. Robert Ordway
    Hillary Brooke
    Hillary Brooke
    • Kathleen Carson
    Jerome Cowan
    Jerome Cowan
    • Jeffers 'Jeff' Jerome
    Mark Roberts
    Mark Roberts
    • Bob Rencoret
    • (as Robert Scott)
    Lloyd Corrigan
    Lloyd Corrigan
    • John Massey
    Emory Parnell
    Emory Parnell
    • Police Capt. Birch
    Stephen Crane
    Stephen Crane
    • Gordon Carson
    Charles Arnt
    Charles Arnt
    • Butler
    Anthony Caruso
    Anthony Caruso
    • Miguel Bragga
    Lupita Tovar
    Lupita Tovar
    • Dolores Bragga
    Edward Biby
    Edward Biby
    • Dinner Party Guest
    • (uncredited)
    Ken Carpenter
    • Nightclub Master of Ceremonies
    • (uncredited)
    Jack Carrington
    • Det. Fanning
    • (uncredited)
    Oliver Cross
    • Night Club Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Edgar Dearing
    Edgar Dearing
    • Sheriff
    • (uncredited)
    Jack Deery
    • Night Club Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Sam Harris
    Sam Harris
    • Nightclub Patron
    • (uncredited)
    'King Kong' Kashey
    • Luga
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • George Sherman
    • Writers
      • Eric Taylor(story by) (screen play by)
      • Max Marcin(based on the radio program by)
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Final film of Lupita Tovar.
    • Goofs
      During the nightclub performance, Miguel's location on the stage before and after the momentary blinding light that hides the secret of Dolores' reappearance changes greatly, revealing that the real secret is that the flash hides an edit between two separate shots.
    • Connections
      Followed by The Crime Doctor's Warning (1945)

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    7/10
    Wonderful nonsense
    Another nice entry in the Crime Doctor series [#4/10], with atmospheric almost noirish black and white photography and some splendid Spanish American backdrops and sets. And a more off-the-wall storyline too!

    A man who looks like the insane murderer of his first two wives is found dead in a locked room after a dramatic dinner party. The Crime Doctor is on the scene (ostensibly as a guest) to immediately and resignedly proclaim it murder, and so we are presented with a quite weird set of people to mull over, for one of them did the deed. Was it the frothing brother of the dead 1st wife, the 3rd wife and rich widow Hilary Brooke, the dancing brother and sister vampires, the intense young man, the eccentric cabinet maker Lloyd Corrigan on loan from Boston Blackie, the irreplaceable butler, or odds-on Jerome Cowan? Police Inspector Emory Parnell had his work cut out, but Warner Baxter as Ordway was as unflappable as ever in working it all out. One of the goofs listed on the IMDb is wrong: On breaking into the murder room Ordway says "Right through the centre of the forehead" and Cowan replies "He didn't miss this time". Favorite bits: Baxter and Cowan travelling through club sandwiches and beer at the nightclub to make amends for their interrupted dinner party; The scene where the Braga's place of repose is seemingly rumbled. The plot does seem to meander a bit at times and the way it was all explained off was perhaps more worthy of Monogram, but leaving it in the air as supernatural wouldn't do either!

    Well worth a watch if you already like the genre, you won't be disappointed unless you really don't like the genre.
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    • Jun 10, 2007

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    • Release date
      • February 27, 1945 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Doctor's Courage
    • Filming locations
      • Benedict Castle in Riverside, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Larry Darmour Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 10 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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