"Radio's Crime Doctor bares Hidden Secrets!"

1945

1h 10m

5.5(4 votes)

Mystery

Overview

A criminal psychiatrist investigates the murder of a two-time widower.

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Cast & Crew

10 members

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Warner Baxter

Dr. Robert Ordway

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Hillary Brooke

Kathleen Carson

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Jerome Cowan

Jeffers 'Jeff' Jerome

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Mark Roberts

Bob Rencoret (as Robert Scott)

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Lloyd Corrigan

John Massey

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Emory Parnell

Police Captain Birch

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Stephen Crane

Gordon Carson

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Charles Arnt

Butler

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Anthony Caruso

Miguel Bragga

Acting

Lupita Tovar

Dolores Bragga

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