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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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, The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936), which premiered a month after Dr. Socrates opened.
- GoofsAt the end, Jo "fixes" Paul Muni's breast pocket handkerchief and has it with two ends sticking out of his pocket. When he and Jo come out of the room to go downstairs, the handkerchief is showing neatly as a triangle exposed in the pocket.
- ConnectionsEdited into Bullet Scars (1942)
Featured review
"Some people are not sensitive to pain. Particularly the moronic species."
Paul Muni plays a small town doctor who becomes mixed up with a wounded criminal (Barton MacLane) and falls for a pretty hitchhiker (Ann Dvorak). A fine WB crime drama that moves with a crisp pace. Mustachioed Paul Muni reunites with his Scarface costar Ann Dvorak. Muni is excellent in one of his more subdued roles. Dvorak is lovely and gives an effortless performance. As different as Muni was from other Hollywood actors at the time, Dvorak was just as different from the other actresses. She rarely goes for the theatrical or hysterical. Her performances are usually much more grounded than, say, Bette Davis, who never saw a rafter she didn't reach for. The standout of the movie is Barton MacLane, shouting and swaggering his way through every scene. It's a real treat to watch. As usual, the stable of WB supporting players are superb. Remade as King of the Underworld with Kay Francis and Humphrey Bogart, whose first wife Mayo Methot appears here as MacLane's moll.
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- utgard14
- Aug 7, 2014
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- Runtime1 hour 10 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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