Crime Doctor (film)

Crime Doctor
theatrical poster
Directed by	Michael Gordon
Written by	C. Graham Baker Louis Lantz Jerome Odlum
Based on	Crime Doctor 1940-7 radio series by Max Marcin
Produced by	Ralph Cohn
Starring	Warner Baxter Margaret Lindsay John Litel
Cinematography	James S. Brown Jr.
Edited by	Dwight Caldwell
Music by	Carl W. Stalling Mischa Bakaleinikoff (uncredited)
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	June 22, 1943 (1943-06-22)
Running time	66 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Crime Doctor (1943) is a crime film adapted from the radio series of the same name. The film stars Warner Baxter as a man with amnesia determined to remember his past.^[1] As with the radio series, the film deals with the complex issues of mental health and moral responsibility in the criminal-justice system. The film was released by Columbia Pictures.

Nine low-budget sequels followed from 1943 through 1949, all starring Baxter as the Crime Doctor.^[2] The sequels are more conventional mysteries than is the original film, with the main character working as a psychiatrist to rehabilitate lawbreakers while also solving crimes as an amateur sleuth. Baxter finished his career with the series before suffering a nervous breakdown and severe arthritis. He died two years after the final Crime Doctor film.^[3]