About this title: One of several Liberty productions picked up for release by Republic, The Crime of Dr. Crespi is a modern-dress adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe's The Premature Burial. Erich Von Stroheim stars as brilliant surgeon Dr. Anton Crespi, who seeks revenge against Ross (John Bohn), the man who stole his sweetheart away. When Ross is brought into the hospital E.R. for a crucial operation, Crespi is handed a golden opportunity to get even. Ross seemingly dies on the operating table, but in fact Crespi has administered a powerful drug that places his old enemy in a deathlike trance. Fully conscious and ...
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Description: Erich Von Stroheim, Paul Guilfoyle, Dwight Frye, Geraldine Kay, Harriet Russell. New in new packaging. 1935 Run time: 64. Brilliant, crazy surgeon (Stroheim) develops a powerful sedative which produces a death-like state. When the man who stole Stroheim's girlfriend is admitted to the Emergency Room, it's a grand opportunity to test the serum, and get a little revenge. Produced by John H. Auer. Written by Lewis Graham, Edward Olmstead and John H. Auer, based on Poe's "The Premature Burial". read more
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