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Columbia Pictures
The Crime Doctor Collection
PRIMITIVE PASSIONS THAT LED TO Murder!
The Crime Doctor gets involved in the case of the poisoning of a wealthy industrialist.
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Jan 7, 2024 · via TMDB
When a wealthy industrialist is found dead at his home, suspicions point to his assistant "Jimmy" (Lloyd Bridges) who is only at liberty after being involved in a similar incident with a previous employer, thanks to the intervention of sleuthing psychiatrist "Dr. Ordway" (Warner Baxter). Luckily, the doctor is on hand here to try and get to the bottom of a mystery that might go back over thirty years, to the disappearance of the dead man's partner "Fenton". As "Ordway" starts to look into the circumstances of the death, he discovers that there are a few suspects and that you can do quite a bit of damage with a soda-straw! It's got quite a few twists, some disguises, darkroom fisticuffs and a small conflagration on the way to a deduction that isn't the hardest for us to make, but that we can enjoy watching him arrive at with a conclusion that uses a clever sting operation and a locked safe. It's got a decent supporting cast and holds the attention fine for an hour.
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Warner Baxter
Dr. Robert Ordway
Lynn Merrick
Ellen Trotter
Gloria Dickson
Mrs. Keppler / Evelyn Fenton Cartwright
Barton MacLane
Detective Rief
Jerome Cowan
Mallory Cartwright
Reginald Denny
Paul Ashley
Rose Hobart
Mrs. Diana Burns
Virginia Brissac
Patricia Cornwall
Lloyd Bridges
Jimmy Trotter
Constance Worth
Betty Watson
Sam Flint
Addison Burns
Creighton Hale
Dr. Carter
Thomas E. Jackson
Detective Yarnell
George Lynn
Walter Burns
Ray Walker
Mr. George H. Fenton
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