Crime Doctor's Man Hunt (1946)
1h 1m | PG-13
A criminal psychologist investigates the murder of a veteran with amnesia.
Director: William Castle
Studio: Larry Darmour Productions
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Video: 720p
Cast
Warner Baxter
as Dr. Robert Ordway
Ellen Drew
as Irene Cotter / Natalie Cotter
William Frawley
as Police Inspector Harry B. Manning
Frank Sully
as Henchman 'Rigger'
Claire Carleton
as Ruby Farrell
Bernard Nedell
as Waldo (as Bernerd Nedell)
Reviews
You will enjoy this movie although it becomes pretty obvious toward the end. It holds your interest and it's enjoyable to watch William Frawley in days before Fred Mertz and I Love Lucy.
Building on the now well trammelled theme of these "Crime Doctor" films, this time "Dr. Ordway" (Warner Baxter) is engaged by a man who is finding himself in strange parts of town with no idea how he got there. It's whilst investigating that the doctor discovers that this fellow has been slain. Things get more complicated when he meets the despondent fiancée "Irene" (Ellen Drew) who is from a wealthy and dysfunctional family and who also proves to be somewhat enigmatic. Meantime, there are also two goons hanging around too. What can they want with her sister "Natalie"? Loads to challenge the little grey cells here and this largely spares us the psycho-babble and just presents us with a mystery that the audience knows about for most of the film, but it's still enjoyable enough watching Baxter pick up the clues and solve the conundrum. No, it's not great - it's procedural low-budget stuff, but Drew is rather better than most of the damsels in these films and it's amongst the best of the series,