Dr. Andre Crespi
Search results
People also ask
Who are the actors in the crime of Doctor Crespi?
Is 'crime of Dr Crespi' a horror movie?
Where was the crime of Dr Crespi filmed?
Is the crime of Doctor Crespi a travesty of Edgar Allan Poe?
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 . [1]
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. He uses the serum to paralyze his enemies, so that he can bury them alive.
- (401)
- Crime, Horror, Mystery
- John H. Auer
- 1935-09-24
Sep 6, 2017 · 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.
- 59 min
- 60.4K
- A Touch Of Evil
Hungarian émigré John H. Auer summoned him to New York for The Crime of Doctor Crespi, a ragtag riff on Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Premature Burial,” filmed on a shoestring in the Bronx. It’s plot shares sexual peccadilloes with two superior horror pictures released in July, ahead of Crespi ’s October bow.
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.
- (284)
- Liberty Pictures, Republic Pictures
- John H. Auer
Dr. Andre Crespi, a noted surgeon and head of the prestigious Taft Clinic, reads in the newspaper that Dr. Stephen Ross, a famous physician, has been seriously injured in an auto accident. When Ross's wife Estelle attempts to contact Crespi in order to ask him to operate on her husband, he avoids her phone calls.
Currently you are able to watch "The Crime of Doctor Crespi" streaming on Cultpix. It is also possible to buy "The Crime of Doctor Crespi" on Amazon Video as download or rent it on Amazon Video online.
