The Strange Case of Doctor Rx

The Strange Case of Doctor Rx is a 1942 film about a detective who is hired by a criminal defense lawyer after five mobsters he has gotten acquitted are apparently strangled by a serial killer.
 * Directed by William Nigh. Written by Clarence Upson Young.

FOLLOW HIM -- at Risk of Insanity! FIND HIM -- and You'll Never Return! (taglines)

Det. Sgt. Sweeney

 * Swell night for a murder!


 * If I hadn't lost my badge, I'd turn it in.

Dialogue

 * Private Detective Jerry Church: I'm afraid you have me at a disadvantage.
 * Lily - Ernie Paul's Moll: That's the way to have any man.


 * Ernie Paul: [after seeing Zanini collapse] Somebody get a doctor! Is there a doctor in the house?
 * Dr. Fish: [Coming out of the crowd] I'm a doctor.
 * Ernie Paul: You're a doctor? See what you can do for him.
 * Dr. Fish: [after examining him briefly] There's nothing I can do for him. The man's dead!

Taglines

 * FOLLOW HIM—at Risk of Insanity! FIND HIM—and You'll Never Return!

Cast

 * Patric Knowles — Private Detective Jerry Church
 * Lionel Atwill — Dr. Fish
 * Anne Gwynne — Kit Logan Church
 * Samuel S. Hinds — Dudley Crispin
 * Mona Barrie — Eileen Crispin
 * Shemp Howard — Det. Sgt. Sweeney