Crime Doctor (1943) is a crime film starring Warner Baxter as a man with amnesia determined to remember his past. The film, released by Columbia Pictures, was based on the Crime Doctor radio program and spawned nine sequels:
During the Great Depression, a man (Warner Baxter) is thrown out of a speeding car. When he comes to in a hospital, he finds he has amnesia. However, he is visited by a man who doesn't believe he cannot remember who he is. He...
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Crime Doctor (1943) is a crime film starring Warner Baxter as a man with amnesia determined to remember his past. The film, released by Columbia Pictures, was based on the Crime Doctor radio program and spawned nine sequels:
During the Great Depression, a man (Warner Baxter) is thrown out of a speeding car. When he comes to in a hospital, he finds he has amnesia. However, he is visited by a man who doesn't believe he cannot remember who he is. He calls the patient Phil and demands to know what happened to a valise, but runs away when Phil buzzes for help. When he recovers, he takes the name Robert Ordway, after a hospital benefactor.
Ordway's doctor, John Carey (Ray Collins, who portrayed Ordway on the radio show), wants to continue treating him after he is released and offers him a room in his house. All attempts to discover his identity fail, so Ordway decides to learn all he can about his condition. After ten years, he has become a successful psychiatrist, in partnership with Carey...
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