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Crime Doctor

1943 1h 6m Mystery & Thriller List
Reviews 33% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings
Ten years after he was discovered unconscious on a New York City street, amnesiac Robert Ordway (Warner Baxter) has built a new life for himself as a psychiatrist specializing in rehabilitating prisoners, and is dating a social worker named Grace Fielding (Margaret Lindsay). However, his high-profile appointment to head the state parole board leads career criminals Emilio Caspari (John Litel) and Pearl Adams (Dorothy Tree) to recognize Ordway as their old partner in crime, Phil Morgan. Read More Read Less

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Bill T Not a bad little crime drama about a man who is picked up with amnesia and cant remember who he was previously. The doctor who treats him also helps him get a new life.. He becomes a brilliant psychologist, and then, a parole board chairman! Problem is of course, the hoodlums know exactly who he is, and they want the 200,000 back he stole from them in his previous life! The story moves along quite nicely, there may be a few clunks at the end (you're defending yourself in a racketeering trial? Really?) and there's a few odd "Rah America!" weird bits, but all in all, entertaining. No idea why there's like 5 sequels to this though. I guess we'll soon find out? Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member While the movie is pretty lightweight, there's an intriguing idea for a TV series buried in here.... Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Ten years after he was discovered unconscious on a New York City street, amnesiac Robert Ordway (Warner Baxter) has built a new life for himself as a psychiatrist specializing in rehabilitating prisoners, and is dating a social worker named Grace Fielding (Margaret Lindsay). However, his high-profile appointment to head the state parole board leads career criminals Emilio Caspari (John Litel) and Pearl Adams (Dorothy Tree) to recognize Ordway as their old partner in crime, Phil Morgan.
Director
Michael Gordon
Producer
Ralph Cohn
Screenwriter
C. Graham Baker, Louis Lantz
Production Co
Larry Darmour Productions
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 6m