The Mad Doctor (1941 film)

The Mad Doctor is a 1941 thriller film starring Basil Rathbone as a physician whose wealthy wives keep dying. Ellen Drew plays his latest bride.

Cast

• Basil Rathbone as Dr. George Sebastian / Dr. Frederick Langamann
• Ellen Drew as Linda Boothe
• John Howard as Gil Sawyer
• Barbara Jo Allen as Louise Watkins (as Barbara Allen)
• Ralph Morgan as Dr. Charles Downer
• Martin Kosleck as Maurice Gretz
• Kitty Kelly as Winnie
• Hugh O'Connell as Lawrence Watkins

Production notes

• Production Dates: 22 Jan-mid-Mar 1940
• The working titles of this film were A Date with Destiny and Destiny.
• Although screen credits and the Paramount Produced Properties listing indicate that the film is based on a screenplay by Howard J. Green, early drafts of the screenplay, titled The Monster and re-titled Destiny, were written by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur.
• Basil Rathbone did not accept his part in this film until specific changes were made to the script.

External links

• The Mad Doctor at the Internet Movie Database
• The Mad Doctor at the TCM Movie Database
• The Mad Doctor at AllRovi