The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
FOLLOW HIM -- at Risk of Insanity! FIND HIM -- and You'll Never Return!
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A 1940s noir-tinged whodunit about a private detective hunting a serial killer among the criminal underworld, built on mystery and paranoia rather than deep character work.
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.
Essence
Ensemble
Patric Knowles
Private Detective Jerry Church
Lionel Atwill
Dr. Fish
Anne Gwynne
Kit Logan Church
Mantan Moreland
Horatio B.Fitz Washington
Samuel S. Hinds
Dudley Crispin
Mona Barrie
Eileen Crispin
Shemp Howard
Det. Sgt. Sweeney
Paul Cavanagh
John Crispin
Edmund MacDonald
Det. Capt. Bill Hurd
John Gallaudet
Ernie Paul
William Gould
Dist. Atty. Mason
Leyland Hodgson
Thomas, the butler
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