Calling Dr. Death (1943)
- Directed by
- Reginald Le Borg
- Genre
- film noir, horror film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 03m
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 37 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A neurologist loses memory of the days leading up to his wife's murder. He suspects he may have killed her and enlists his nurse to help him recall what happened.
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What happens
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 LeBorg. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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