Dr Rx falls between two stools -the B Movie mystery and the B movie Horror flick. Unfortunately, while not a complete failure, it isn't particularly good at either.
Patrick Knowles takes on the detective duties trying to solve a series of killings involving exonerated felons. Lionel Atwill does his best to look sinister, but he turns out to be a red herring named Dr. Fish! We have a lurch into horror territory when Dr. Rx threatens Knowles with a gorilla (all mad scientists need one!) and seems to be preparing for a quick brain transplant between the two!
No one is going to mistake this for The Maltese Falcon, but it passes an hour in a modestly entertaining way. Knowles is pretty good, and with better handling his character might have made for an okay mystery series. With better handling. This is not one of Universals star jewels, but it's okay.
Patrick Knowles takes on the detective duties trying to solve a series of killings involving exonerated felons. Lionel Atwill does his best to look sinister, but he turns out to be a red herring named Dr. Fish! We have a lurch into horror territory when Dr. Rx threatens Knowles with a gorilla (all mad scientists need one!) and seems to be preparing for a quick brain transplant between the two!
No one is going to mistake this for The Maltese Falcon, but it passes an hour in a modestly entertaining way. Knowles is pretty good, and with better handling his character might have made for an okay mystery series. With better handling. This is not one of Universals star jewels, but it's okay.