The Crime of Dr. Crespi

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The Crime of Dr. Crespi is a 1935 American horror film loosely inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s "The Premature Burial," featuring a mad doctor’s revenge plot centered on live burial.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
basedOn The Premature Burial NERFINISHED
castMember Dwight Frye NERFINISHED
Erich von Stroheim NERFINISHED
Harriet Russell NERFINISHED
John Bohn NERFINISHED
Paul Guilfoyle NERFINISHED
Rian James NERFINISHED
characterRole mad doctor
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director John H. Auer NERFINISHED
distributor Republic Pictures NERFINISHED
filmFormat black-and-white
genre horror
hasMainCharacter Dr. Andre Crespi NERFINISHED
inspiredBy Edgar Allan Poe NERFINISHED
The Premature Burial NERFINISHED
narrativeTheme live burial
premature burial
revenge
originalLanguage English
producer John H. Auer NERFINISHED
productionCompany Liberty Pictures NERFINISHED
publicationDate 1935
releaseDecade 1930s
runtime approximately 63 minutes
setting hospital
title The Crime of Dr. Crespi NERFINISHED
yearOfRelease 1935

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Rosa Stradner notableWork The Crime of Dr. Crespi
Ralph Morgan notableWork The Crime of Dr. Crespi