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The Millerson Case is a american film of genre Drama directed by George Archainbaud released in USA on 29 may 1947 with Warner Baxter

The Millerson Case (1947)

The Millerson Case
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Released in USA 29 may 1947
Length 1h12
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Crime
Rating60% 3.047763.047763.047763.047763.04776

The Millerson Case is a 1947 Drama directed by George Archainbaud, starring Warner Baxter, Nancy Saunders and Clem Bevans. In the 8th film of Columbia's Crime Doctor series, Dr. Robert Ordway (Warner Baxter) is vacationing in the Blue Ridge Mountains district of West Virginia when a Typhoid fever epidemic breaks out. Three deaths occur with the first two being typhoid-caused but the death of the third person.

Synopsis

The Crime Doctor, Dr. Robert Ordway (Warner Baxter), an amnesiac ex-crook, takes on yet another intriguing psychological murder case. This time he is on vacation, but the kindly fellow cannot help but look into a murder to help a troubled soul.

Actors

Warner Baxter

(Dr. Robert Ordway)
Nancy Saunders

(Belle Englehart)
Clem Bevans

(Sheriff Luke Akers)
Griff Barnett

(Doc Sam Millerson)
Paul Guilfoyle (acteur, 1902-1961)

(Jud Rookstool)
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