Calling Dr. Death

Calling Dr. Death
Official poster
Directed byReginald LeBorg
Screenplay byEdward Dein[1]
Starring
CinematographyVirgil Miller[1]
Edited byNorman A. Cerf[1]
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures Company, Inc.
Release date
  • 17 December 1943 (1943-12-17)
Running time
63 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States[2]

Calling Dr. Death is a 1943 mystery film, and the first installment in The Inner Sanctum Mysteries anthological film series, which was based on the popular radio series of the same name, the film stars Chaney Jr. and Patricia Morison, and was directed by Reginald Le Borg. Chaney Jr. plays a neurologist, Dr. Mark Steele, who loses memory of the past few days after learning that his wife has been brutally murdered. Aware of his wife's infidelity and believing he could be the killer, Steele asks his office nurse Stella Madden to help him recover his lost memories.[3]

  1. ^ a b c d Weaver, Brunas & Brunas 2007, p. 379.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference afi was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Dixon, 1992 p. 10-11, p. 130-131: Directorial Credits