The Strange Case of Doctor Rx (1942)

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Country: USA
Genres: Horror, Mystery
Release: 1942-04-17
Director: William Nigh
Writers: Clarence Upson Young
Language: English
Stars: Patric Knowles (1911–1995) , Lionel Atwill , Anne Gwynne , Samuel S. Hinds (1875–1948) , Mona Barrie , Shemp Howard , Paul Cavanagh , Edmund MacDonald , Mantan Moreland , John Gallaudet
Runtime: 66 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: El extraño doctor Rx (Spain) , Den mystiske doktor Rx (Sweden) , O Estranho Caso do Dr. Rx (Brazil) , O Estranho Caso do Dr. R.X. (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , The Strange Case of Doctor Rx , Dr. Rx (United States of America) , La sombra fatídica del doctor Rx (Mexico) , The Strange Case of Doctor Rx (United States of America) , Satanikos engefalos (Greece) , The Strange Case of Doctor Rx (United Kingdom)
Plot: 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.
IMDB:tt0035386