Directed by:
William NighScreenplay:
Clarence Upson YoungCinematography:
Elwood BredellCast:
Patric Knowles, Lionel Atwill, Anne Gwynne, Samuel S. Hinds, Mona Barrie, Paul Cavanagh, Edmund MacDonald, Mantan Moreland, John Gallaudet, William Gould (more)Plots(1)
After five men previously acquitted of various criminal charges are murdered by a mysterious avenger known as Dr. Rx, police Inspector Hurd and Sergeant Sweeney ask private investigator Jerry Church to help them on the case. He takes the case after talking to Dudley Crispin, a brilliant attorney who had defended three of the murdered men. Crispin gains an acquittal for his latest client, Zarini, but the latter falls dead in the courtroom. Jerry marries Kit Logan, who becomes frightened and persuades Jerry to quit the case. He stays however after Ernie Paul, suspected of the Zarini murder, threatens to "get" him if he does not stay on and clear Paul. Dr. Rx captures Jerry and attempts to frighten him into insanity by strapping him on an operating table, and pretending to exchange the detective's brain for a gorilla. (Shout! Factory)
(more)Cast
Patric Knowles
UK
Best movies:
Band of Angels (1957)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
Lionel Atwill
UK
Best movies:
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Captain Blood (1935)
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
Anne Gwynne
USA
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) - a.f.
The Black Cat (1941)
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)
Samuel S. Hinds
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Scarlet Street (1945)
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
Mona Barrie
UK
Best movies:
Syncopation (1942)
Strange Fascination (1952)
Paul Cavanagh
UK
Best movies:
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
Tarzan and His Mate (1934)
Plymouth Adventure (1952)
Edmund MacDonald
USA
Best movies:
Texas (1941)
Destry Rides Again (1939)
Detour (1945)
Mantan Moreland
USA
Best movies:
It Started with Eve (1941)
Birth of the Blues (1941)
Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942)
John Gallaudet
USA
Best movies:
In Cold Blood (1967)
Pickup on South Street (1953)
Birth of the Blues (1941)
William Gould
Best movies:
The Talk of the Town (1942)
Texas (1941)
High Sierra (1941)
Ray Corrigan
USA
Best movies:
Horrible Horror (1986) - a.f.
Tarzan and His Mate (1934)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Harry Harvey
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Strike Up the Band (1940)
Paul Bryar
USA
Best movies:
Butch Cassidy et le Kid (1969)
Vertigo (1958)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Mary Gordon
UK
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
After the Thin Man (1936)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Shemp Howard
USA
Best movies:
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
Another Thin Man (1939)
The Flame of New Orleans (1941)
Selmer Jackson
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Sudden Fear (1952)
Eddy Chandler
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Boyd Davis
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
Samson and Delilah (1949)
Leyland Hodgson
UK
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
Rebecca (1940)
Jan Wiley
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Stage Door (1937)