Crime Doctor's Warning

Crime Doctor's Warning
Directed by William Castle
Screenplay by Eric Taylor
Based on Crime Doctor
1940-47 radio program
by Max Marcin
Produced by Rudolph C. Flothow
Starring Warner Baxter
John Litel
Dusty Anderson
Cinematography L. William O'Connell
Edited by Dwight Caldwell
Music by Paul Sawtell
Production
company
Columbia Pictures
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date
  • September 27, 1945
Running time
 70 min.
Country United States
Language English

Crime Doctor's Warning is a 1945 American mystery film directed by William Castle, and fourth in the Crime Doctor series of ten films produced between 1943 and 1949.

William Castle made it just before leaving to help make The Lady from Shanghai.

Plot

Clive Lake is a returning World War II veteran That visit Dr. Ordway’s office to explain his concern about lapses in his memory. Dr Ordway, a psychiatrist, explains to lake that he may be experiencing 'transient amnesia'. The condition is characterized by headaches and no memory of the events. While painting a model, he begins to experience severe headaches. He calls Dr. Ordway to tell him he believes he’s going to have another episode and to come to his studio apartment immediately. Clive explains to the model that he is going to go out to the roof to get some air and to clear his head. In the next scene we see someone sneaking into the apartment and attacks the model. The murderer dropped the key under the sofa. During a party in Lake's apartment his beautiful girlfriend is found dead under a sofa, murdered. The police suspect Lake of the killing, but the Crime Doctor is not so sure, and proceeds to investigate further.

Cast