The Crime of Doctor Crespi (1935)

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Country: USA
Genres: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Release: 1935-09-24
Director: John H. Auer
Writers: John H. Auer , Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) , Lou Goldberg , Edwin Olmstead
Language: Italian | English
Stars: Erich von Stroheim , Harriet Russell , Dwight Frye , Paul Guilfoyle , John Bohn , Geraldine Kay , Jean Brooks , Patsy Berlin , Joe Verdi , Dean Raymond
Runtime: 63 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: The Crime of Doctor Crespi (United States of America) , The Crime of Doctor Crespi (United Kingdom) , Zbrodnia doktora Crespi (Poland) , The Crime of Doctor Crespi , Le crime du docteur Crespi (France, French Republic) , De misdaad van Dr. Crespi (Belgium) , O Crime do Dr. Crespi (Brazil) , To eglima tou iatrou Crespi (Greece) , Le crime du Dr. Crespi (Belgium) , O Crime do Dr. Crespi (Portugal, Portuguese Republic)
Plot: Dr. Crespi has a festering hatred for Dr. Stephen Ross, the man who married his ex-sweetheart. Ross must undergo surgery and Crespi, sensing an opportunity, seizes it. Ross "appears" to die but Crespi has given him a drug that places the victim in a trance-like state, but leaves him in possession of his senses. Crespi attends the premature burial of his hated colleague. Dr. John Arnold has his suspicions and calls on Dr. Thomas to to help him. They exhume the body and find Ross alive, albeit now a terrified, ghostly figure given to stalking the hospital corridors.
IMDB:tt0027479