The Crime of Dr. Crespi

The Crime of Dr. Crespi is a 1935 American horror film starring Erich von Stroheim, Paul Guilfoyle, Jeanne Kelly, Dwight Frye, Harriet Russell, and John Bohn. It was released by Republic Pictures.

Dr. Andre Crespi von Stroheim hates Dr. Stephen Ross Bohn, who marries Crespis girlfriend, Estelle Harriet Russell. During surgery, Ross appears to die. Crespi has given Ross a drug that induces unconsciousness, while Ross retains all of his senses. Dr. John Arnold Guilfoyle becomes suspicious and asks another doctor, Dr. Thomas Frye, to help him. They exhume the body and find Ross buried alive.

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