This B mystery has one particularly striking scene. After the first murder, Jimmy, played by the young Lloyd Bridges, flees to his new wife's apartment. In order to convince her that he will not be believed by the police, he briefly takes on the character of a psychopathic killer, horrifying his wife. The scene made me immediately think of "Jagged Edge" (1985), in which Jeff Bridges, a virtual clone of his father, also played a young man with an edgy personality suspected of being a psychopathic killer.
Despite its cheesy sets, the Crime Doctor series is one of the best written and most entertaining of the 1940s mystery series.
Despite its cheesy sets, the Crime Doctor series is one of the best written and most entertaining of the 1940s mystery series.