Just Before Dawn
6.3
“PRESCRIPTION FOR DEATH!”
In the 7th film of the "Crime Doctor" series based on the radio program, Dr. Robert Ordway is summoned to take attend a diabetic, and gives an injection of insulin taken from a bottle in the patient's pocket. The man dies and Ordway discovers that what he thought was insulin was really poison. Oops! Two other people are murdered before Ordway discovers who replaced the insulin with poison and what the motive was
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Part of The Crime Doctor Collection
10 films
Crime Doctor
Movie · 1943
The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case
Movie · 1943
Shadows in the Night
Movie · 1944
The Crime Doctor's Courage
Movie · 1945
The Crime Doctor's Warning
Movie · 1945
Just Before Dawn
Movie · 1946
Crime Doctor's Man Hunt
Movie · 1946
The Millerson Case
Movie · 1947
The Crime Doctor's Gamble
Movie · 1947
The Crime Doctor's Diary
Movie · 1949
Cast
23 people
Warner Baxter
Dr. Robert Ordway
Known for
42nd Street
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Adele Roberts
Claire Foster (as Adelle Roberts)
Also in
Roaring Rangers
The Notorious Lone Wolf
Martin Kosleck
Karl Ganss
Known for
Foreign Correspondent
The Mummy's Curse
Mona Barrie
Harriet Travers
Also in
Charlie Chan in London
Dawn on the Great Divide
Marvin Miller
Casper
Known for
Aquaman
Dead Reckoning
Charles D. Brown
Insp. Burns
Known for
The Big Sleep
The Killers
Robert Barrat
Clyde Travers (as Robert H. Barrat)
Known for
Captain Blood
Distant Drums
Charles Arnt
Attorney Allen S. Tobin (uncredited)
Known for
Remember the Night
Ball of Fire
Egon Brecher
Dr. Evans (uncredited)
Known for
The Black Cat
Man Hunt
Peggy Converse
Connie Day (uncredited)
Known for
The Accidental Tourist
Jack Deery
Party Guest (uncredited)
Also in
Dishonored Lady
Lady on a Train
Byron Foulger
Harris, Makeup Man (uncredited)
Known for
Sullivan's Travels
They Live by Night
William Castle Director · Eric Taylor Screenplay Aubrey Wisberg Screenplay
United States release March 7, 1946 · Produced in United States · Production Columbia Pictures
Production
Larry Darmour Productions
Production
Columbia Pictures
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · March 7, 1946
Theatrical
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