Just Before Dawn

Just Before Dawn

65 mins | Crime, Mystery | March 7, 1946

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

Just Before Dawn

65 mins | Crime, Mystery | March 7, 1946

Just Before Dawn
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
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Larry Darmour Productions
Original title Just Before Dawn
Directors Carl Hiecke, William Castle
Writers Max Marcin, Aubrey Wisberg, Eric Taylor

Cast

Warner Baxter

as Dr. Robert Ordway

Adele Roberts

as Claire Foster (as Adelle Roberts)

Martin Kosleck

as Karl Ganss

Mona Barrie

as Harriet Travers

Marvin Miller

as Casper

Charles D. Brown

as Insp. Burns

Robert Barrat

as Clyde Travers (as Robert H. Barrat)

Charles Arnt

as Attorney Allen S. Tobin (uncredited)

Egon Brecher

as Dr. Evans (uncredited)

Peggy Converse

as Connie Day (uncredited)

Jack Deery

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Byron Foulger

as Harris, Makeup Man (uncredited)

Wilton Graff

as Alexander 'Alec' Girard (uncredited)

Ted Hecht

as Armand Morcel (uncredited)

Thomas E. Jackson

as Walter Cummings (uncredited)

Skelton Knaggs

as Louie (uncredited)

Charles Lane

as Dr. Steiner (uncredited)

George Meeker

as Walter Foster (uncredited)

Craig Reynolds

as Jack Swayne (uncredited)

Walter Soderling

as Tobin's Servant (uncredited)

Brick Sullivan

as Policeman (uncredited)

Irene Tedrow

as Nurse Florence White (uncredited)

Eric Wilton

as Party Guest (uncredited)