A small-town doctor gets roped into helping a notorious bank robber.A small-town doctor gets roped into helping a notorious bank robber.A small-town doctor gets roped into helping a notorious bank robber.
Samuel S. Hinds
- Dr. McClintick
- (as Samuel Hinds)
Joe Downing
- Cinq Laval
- (as Joseph Downing)
Marie Astaire
- Moll
- (uncredited)
Vangie Beilby
- Effie
- (uncredited)
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- Writers
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAt one point Muni's character is seen buying a second hand book titled "The Life of Pasteur", the role he would play in his next film, which premiered a month after Dr. Socrates opened.
- GoofsThe shot of Red Bastian (Barton MacLane) wincing is the same at 0:46:47 when Dr. Lee Cardwell (Paul Muni) cleans his infected wound as at 1:03:59 when Dr. Cardwell give Bastian the shot of "dope". In the latter, Bastian is standing; but, in the cut shot he is sitting while a man with a striped tie stands behind him, the same as in the former.
- ConnectionsEdited into Bullet Scars (1942)
Featured review
Another winner from Paul Muni
Paul Muni has never made a bad movie or given a poor performance. He didn't crank out movie after movie like so many stars in that era, he carefully picked his roles. This is a terrific picture, Muni plays a doctor who has become a gangster's physician, but not by choice. The gangster is played with gusto by Barton MacLane. A woman who is kidnapped by the gang (Ann Dvorak) is injured and brought to Muni. She and the doctor soon fall in love. But, the gangster wants her, because she could testify against him since she knows what he looks like. Great cinematography but it's Muni's picture all the way. Helen Lowell provides fine support as "Ma".
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- jazza923
- Mar 24, 2010
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- Runtime1 hour 10 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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