Saturday, September 30, 2017

Calling Dr. Death (1943)


Universal Pictures
Directed by Reginald Le Borg
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(DVD, Universal)

Neurologist Lon Chaney, Jr., develops a case of amnesia after a long weekend. When the cops show up to to question him about his wife's murder, he starts to believe he may have committed it. His secretary, with whom he is in love, helps him remember what happened using hypnosis. However, Chaney turns the tables on her, revealing the real murderer. First film of the Inner Sanctum Mysteries franchise based on the radio show suffers from poor acting and a low budget. Voiceovers advance the plot and reveal inner thoughts, but are overused and get in the way.

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