The Strange Case of Dr. Rx (1942)
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Synopsis of The Strange Case of Dr. Rx
Hot on the heels of his starring turn in The Mad Doctor of Market Street, Lionel Atwill was top-billed in another chiller-diller, The Strange Case of Dr. Rx. Somebody has been going around murdering known criminals who've escaped prosecution thanks to crooked lawyer Dudley Crispin (Samuel S. Hinds). That someone has also left a calling card at the site of each murder, signed "Dr. Rx". Private eye Patric Knowles suspects at first that the elusive murderer is sinister Lionel Atwill, whose "red herring" status is so obvious from the outset that his character name is Dr. Fish! Before the actual killer's identity is revealed, the audience is kept awake by the comic antics of Mantan Moreland and Shemp Howard, both of whom are far funnier than their material. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of The Strange Case of Dr. Rx
- Patric Knowles - Jerry Church
- Anne Gwynne - Kit Church
- Edmund MacDonald - Inspector Hurd
- John Gallaudet - Ernie Paul
- Leyland Hodgson - Butler
- Gary Breckner - Announcer
- Paul Cavanagh - John Crispin
- Jack Kennedy
- Joe Recht
- Jan Wiley - Lily
- Shemp Howard - Sgt. Sweeney
- Mary Gordon - Mrs. Scott
- Boyd Davis - Police Commissioner
- Matty Fain - Zarini
- Lionel Atwill - Dr. Fish
- Samuel S. Hinds - Dudley Crispin
- Mantan Moreland - Horatio
- William Gould - Nason
- Mona Barrie - Mrs. Dudley Crispin
- Paul Bryar - Bailiff
- Eddy Chandler - Policeman
- Victor Zimmerman - Kirk
- Jack C. Smith - Policeman
- Leonard Sues - Newsboy
- Harry Harvey - Night Club Manager
- Ray "Crash" Corrigan - Gorilla
- Drew Demarest - Club Waiter
- Director(s):
- William Nigh
- Writer(s):
- Clarence Upson Young
- Producer(s):
- Jack Bernhard
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