Calling Dr. Death
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Image:Callingdrdeathposter.jpg Poster for the film's release |
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Directed by | Reginald Le Borg |
Produced by | Ben Pivar |
Written by | Edward Dein |
Starring | Lon Chaney Jr. Patricia Morison |
Music by | Paul Sawtell |
Cinematography | Virgil Miller |
Editing by | Norman A. Cerf |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date(s) | December 17, 1943 April 11, 1944 |
Running time | 63 min |
Language | English |
Followed by | Weird Woman (1944) |
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Calling Dr. Death (1943) was the first of the Universal Pictures Inner Sanctum mystery films. It starred Lon Chaney Jr. and Patricia Morison and was directed by Reginald Le Borg.
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Dr. Mark Steele (Lon Chaney Jr.) loses memory of the past few days after learning that his wife has been brutally murdered. Steele is aware of his wife's infidelity and believes he could be the killer. He asks his office nurse Stella Madden (Patricia Morison) to help him recover his lost memories.