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The Strange Case of Doctor Rx: Directed by William Nigh. With Patric Knowles, Lionel Atwill, Anne Gwynne, Samuel S. Hinds. A mysterious vigilante known as "Dr. Rx" strikes again.
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- Horror, Mystery
- William Nigh
- 1942-04-17
English. The Strange Case of Doctor Rx is a 1942 black-and-white murder mystery/ horror B film by Universal Studios directed by William Nigh and starring Patric Knowles, Lionel Atwill, Anne Gwynne, Ray "Crash" Corrigan and Samuel S. Hinds. [1] Although Clarence Upson Young is credited with the screenplay, the actors mostly ad-libbed their lines.
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May 12, 2020 Full Review SMH Staff Sydney Morning Herald In The Strange Case of Dr. RX., Universal has given production polish and character gravity the disadvantages of an all-too-common routine ...
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- Patric Knowles, Anne Gwynne, Lionel Atwill
- William Nigh
- Mystery & Thriller
Initially titled Dr. RX, this 1942 Universal release directed by William Nigh was renamed The Strange Case of Doctor Rx to avoid any confusion with the 1932 Warner Bros. sci-fi horror, Doctor X. The film is also not a true horror film and is, more accurately, a comedy-thriller mixing together bumbling policemen, lowbrow slapstick, countless red ...
- William Nigh, Vernon Keays
- Patric Knowles
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.
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Hot on the heels of his starring turn in The Mad Doctor of Market Street, Lionel Atwill was top-billed in another chiller-diller, The Strange Case of Dr. Rx. Somebody has been going around murdering known criminals who've escaped prosecution thanks to crooked lawyer Dudley Crispin (Samuel S. Hinds).