Directed by Michael Gordon. The Crime Doctor must prove the innocence of an artist accused of murdering his model during one of his blackout spells.
A psychologically distraught woman is committed to a private sanitarium by the man she witnessed commit a murder.
With the exception of the Rathbone and Bruce Sherlock Holmes series, this is quite possibly the best of the 'mystery' series of the 30s and 40s. In the hospital the nurses are just crazy about the tall dark and handsome, as well as bandaged, stranger whom they affectionately give him the name of the wing of the hospital that he's staying in Robert Ordway a well known philanthropist and humanitarian.
As a result, he suffers from amnesia. One such actor was Warner Baxter, formerly a well-known and popular leading man who, though now in his 50s, was clearly still capable of getting the job done.
Was this review helpful? 8 out of 13 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Ray Collins (who in this movie played Dr. Carey) was radio's Dr. Ordway but Columbia was thrilled to sign Baxter, once one of the most prestigious and best actors in Hollywood. Was this review helpful? Amnesia victim, Robert Ordway, becomes the country's leading criminal psychologist.
As a result, the movie industry had to fall back upon well-known actors who had once been popular stars, but who were now becoming older, and would otherwise probably not be have been engaged for leading roles. This was an excellent introduction to the series as it traced the origins of the "Crime Doctor". Was this review helpful? Was this review helpful? This movie, the first of the series, establishes The Crime Doctor's background, explains how and why he became a doctor (a psychiatrist, actually), head of the parole board and helped many convicts find the 'straight and narrow'.
2 out of 2 found this helpful. "The Crime Doctor" was the first of a series of WW-II-era "B-Picture" mysteries based upon a popular radio series. He trains to become a criminal psychologist and goes to works in a prison. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. None of the characters here return in later sequels, besides Ordway himself. Direction, lighting and photography are professional. The Crime Doctor must prove the innocence of a young man with a reputation for using poison. Certificate: Passed 1 out of 10 found this helpful.
In general, these films were a lot of fun to watch BUT they also were very formulaic and repetitive. One of the issues with the series was the lack of recurring supporting characters.
Playing the bad guys here are Harold Huber, John Litel, and Don Costello. Certificate: Passed We are asked to believe that Baxter was once gentleman crook Phil Morgan who held out the loot from his gang and who slugged him and threw him from a moving car and left him for dead. In any event ten years go by and in those ten years we are asked to believe that Baxter has acquired the eduction and training to become criminal psychologist Robert Ordway a most respected gent. Check out our breakdown of the movies and shows we're excited about this month, including "Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Was this review helpful? It is because of this sameness that I really, really appreciate the Crime Doctor films--they are not so predictable and offer some nice innovations. In short, there are few, if any, faults, and the film is well worth a watch. 22 out of 24 found this helpful. On a lecture/vacation visit to Paris, Dr. Ordway drops in on his friend, the Prefecture of Police. A young woman wants The Crime Doctor to help her decipher her strange nightmares. When he is hit on the head (by someone from his past) he suddenly remembers his previous life as a criminal. Leon Ames makes an early appearance in a somewhat far fetched sequence involving the rehabilitation of a hardened, bitter convict, but this is a minor, minor flaw in an otherwise very well constructed film.
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Not knowing who he is, the man decides to start a new life as a doctor but then learns that in his previous life he was a gangster.
... as well as the Great Depression as a two front war with everything at stake yields bigger fish to fry.
I hope that TCM broadcasts more of the "Crime Doctor" series, based on the radio show. One of the wilder premises involving a movie series was in the Crime Doctor films that starred Warner Baxter. He becomes involved in a case involving the stabbing of an old man. A man (Warner Baxter) is thrown from a speeding car and awakens with amnesia.
He befriends a doctor and, when it appears his memory will never return, he begins a new life under the name of Robert Ordway. This is what this first film in the Crime Doctor crime/mystery series represents in the person of Dr. Robert Ordway (Warner Baxter).
Eventually his past comes to light.
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