The Crime Doctor's Gamble
On a lecture/vacation visit to Paris, Dr. Ordway drops in on his friend, the Prefecture of Police. He becomes involved in a case involving the stabbing of an old man. The man's son, not all that mentally stable, believes he killed his own father in a rage because his father disliked his new bride, the daughter of a cabaret knife-thrower. Investigating the case, Ordway finds that the business of the legal copying art masterworks may also be involved.
- Rated
- Approved
- Runtime
- 1h 6m
- Released
- 1947
Details
Release year: 1947
Storyline
On a lecture/vacation visit to Paris, Dr. Ordway drops in on his friend, the Prefecture of Police. He becomes involved in a case involving the stabbing of an old man. The man's son, not all that mentally stable, believes he killed his own father in a rage because his father disliked his new bride, the daughter of a cabaret knife-thrower. Investigating the case, Ordway finds that the business of the legal copying art masterworks may also be involved.
Top credits
- Warner Baxter — Dr. Robert Ordway
- Micheline Cheirel — Mignon Duval Jardin
- Roger Dann — Henri Jardin
- Steven Geray — Jules Daudet