Crime Doctor's Warning
Crime Doctor's Warning is a 1945 American mystery film directed by William Castle, and fourth in the Crime Doctor series of ten films produced between 1943 and 1949.

William Castle made it just before leaving to help make The Lady from Shanghai.

Plot

Clive Lake is a returning World War II veteran That visit Dr. Ordway’s office to explain his concern about lapses in his memory. Dr Ordway, a psychiatrist, explains to lake that he may be experiencing 'transient amnesia'. The condition is characterized by headaches and no memory of the events. While painting a model, he begins to experience severe headaches. He calls Dr. Ordway to tell him he believes he’s going to have another episode and to come to his studio apartment immediately. Clive explains to the model that he is going to go out to the roof to get some air and to clear his head. In the next scene we see someone sneaking into the apartment and attacks the model. The murderer dropped the key under the sofa.  During a party in Lake's apartment his beautiful girlfriend is found dead under a sofa, murdered. The police suspect Lake of the killing, but the Crime Doctor is not so sure, and proceeds to investigate further.

Cast  
 Warner Baxter as Dr. Robert Ordway
 John Litel as Inspector Dawes
 Dusty Anderson as Connie Mace
 Coulter Irwin as Clive Lake
 Miles Mander as Frederick Malone
 John Abbott as Jimmy Gordon
 George Meeker as Attorney #1 (uncredited)
 Arthur Aylesworth as Attorney #2 (uncredited)
 J.M. Kerrigan as Robert MacPherson (uncredited) 
 Alma Kruger as Mrs. Lake (uncredited)

References

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1945 films
Columbia Pictures films
Films directed by William Castle
1945 mystery films
American mystery films
American black-and-white films
Films scored by Paul Sawtell
Crime Doctor (character) films
1940s English-language films
1940s American films