Crime Doctor

Crime Doctor

Radio's Top Crime Thriller AT LAST on the Screen!

NR 1943 · 66 min · ★ 6.4 · Crime

Robert is found beside the highway with a head injury and amnesia. His amnesia motivates him to become a Physician and the country's leading criminal psychologist.

Directed by Michael Gordon · Written by C. Graham Baker

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The Crime Doctor’s Strangest CaseThe Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case · 1943
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The Crime Doctor gets involved in the case of the poisoning of a wealthy industrialist.
Shadows in the NightShadows in the Night · 1944
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A criminal psychologist tries to help a beautiful heiress going mad in a haunted mansion.
The Crime Doctor's WarningThe Crime Doctor's Warning · 1945
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A criminal psychologist treats an artist whose blackouts coincide with a series of murders.
The Crime Doctor's CourageThe Crime Doctor's Courage · 1945
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A criminal psychiatrist investigates the murder of a two-time widower.
Crime Doctor's Man HuntCrime Doctor's Man Hunt · 1946
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6.61946
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A criminal psychologist investigates the murder of a veteran with amnesia.
Just Before DawnJust Before Dawn · 1946
Just Before Dawn
6.91946
MovieCrimeMystery
In the 7th film of the "Crime Doctor" series based on the radio program, Dr. Robert Ordway is summoned to take attend a diabetic, and gives an injection of insulin taken from a bottle in the patient's pocket. The man dies and Ordway discovers that what he thought was insulin was really poison. Oops! Two other people are murdered before Ordway discovers who replaced the insulin with poison and what the motive was
The Crime Doctor's GambleThe Crime Doctor's Gamble · 1947
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While visiting France, a criminal psychologist tries to clear a disturbed young man of his father's murder.
The Millerson CaseThe Millerson Case · 1947
The Millerson Case
5.91947
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While on vacation, a criminal psychologist investigates a murder during a typhoid epidemic.
The Crime Doctor's DiaryThe Crime Doctor's Diary · 1949
The Crime Doctor's Diary
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MovieCrime
A criminal psychologist tries to clear his patient of arson charges.

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