Warner Baxter stars as Dr. Robert Ordway, now a doctor and once a criminal. He helps gimsellf and the police in solving mysterious cases, much like this one.
Lloyd Bridges is Jimmy Trotter, a young man working as a personal secretary for a very wealthy man. Trotter has a criminal past but was cleared of the crime of poisoning his former employer.
The man Trotter works for now is killed in the same way and it seems that someone is trying to frame Jimmy for the crime. Ordway helps Jimmy prove his innocence, but along the way he comes across some very odd red herrings and a lot of plot twists.
This is a very entertaining murder mystery and I have to admit it's the first "Crime Doctor" film I have ever seen. If you're a mystery fan you'll want to see this.
The rest of the cast for this fine Columbia thriller includes Barton MacLane, Lynn Merrick, Gloria Dickson, Jerome Cowan, Reginald Denny and Rose Hobart.
I hope I get the chance to see more of these films. I caught this on streaming, but have not been able to locate them on DVD or Blu-ray.
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