The Crime of Doctor Crespi
1935 · Movie · 63 min. · United States
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.
Direction John H. Auer
Cast Erich von Stroheim · Harriet Russell · Dwight Frye · Paul Guilfoyle · John Bohn · Geraldine Kay · Jean Brooks · Patsy Berlin · Joe Verdi · Dean Raymond
Screenplay John H. Auer · Lewis Graham · Edward Olmstead · Edgar Allan Poe
Cinematography Larry Williams
Original title The Crime of Doctor Crespi
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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