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The Strange Case of Doctor Rx

FOLLOW HIM -- at Risk of Insanity! FIND HIM -- and You'll Never Return!

1942 · 1h 6m · 5.2 on TMDB

Private eye Jerry Church is hired by a criminal defense lawyer after five mobsters he has gotten acquitted are apparently strangled by a serial killer.

Cast

Patric Knowles
Private Detective Jerry Church
Lionel Atwill
Dr. Fish
Anne Gwynne
Kit Logan Church
Mantan Moreland
Horatio B.Fitz Washington

Samuel S. Hinds

Samuel S. Hinds

Dudley Crispin

Mona Barrie

Mona Barrie

Eileen Crispin

Shemp Howard

Shemp Howard

Det. Sgt. Sweeney

Paul Cavanagh

Paul Cavanagh

John Crispin

Edmund MacDonald

Edmund MacDonald

Det. Capt. Bill Hurd

John Gallaudet

John Gallaudet

Ernie Paul

William Gould

William Gould

Dist. Atty. Mason

Leyland Hodgson

Leyland Hodgson

Thomas, the butler

Production

Universal Pictures

Directed by

William Nigh

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Released: March 27, 1942

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