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Von Stroheim stars as the brilliant titular surgeon called upon to rescue another doctor who got near-fatally injured in a car accident. This other doctor, however, is also Dr. Crespi's love-rival, so the wrathful doctor sees his change to get his revenge.
The Crime of Doctor Crespi: Directed by John H. Auer. With Erich von Stroheim, Harriet Russell, Dwight Frye, Paul Guilfoyle. A crazed scientist invents a serum that induces a catatonic state in whoever it is injected into.
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- Crime, Horror, Mystery
- John H. Auer
- 1935-09-24
Aug 3, 2018 · The Crime of Doctor Crespi (1935) looks and feels like it must be one of the earliest adaptations of an Edgar Allan Poe story.
The Crime of Dr. Crespi is a 1935 American horror film starring Erich von Stroheim, Paul Guilfoyle, Jeanne Kelly, Dwight Frye, Harriet Russell, and John Bohn. It was released by Republic Pictures. The movie was filmed at Biograph Studios in The Bronx, New York and is loosely based on the Edgar Allan Poe short story, "The Premature Burial".
The Crime of Dr. Crespi 1935 1h 3m Horror List Reviews A mad surgeon (Erich von Stroheim) drugs his rival, who is then buried alive; two colleagues (Dwight Frye, Paul Guilfoyle) dig him up.
- Horror
Popular reviews. A peculiar specimen of the suspense/horror genre of the mid-1930s, John H. Auer’s Crime of Dr. Crespi, made for Republic Pictures, features a mad world-famous surgeon, a spooky, shadow-laden hospital and a fiendish plot so horrific it inspired George Sluizer’s 1980s super-disturbing horror flick Spoorloos.
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