Summaries

Dr. Lawrence Baxter, working with the Bureau of Pure Foods and Drugs, uses radio broadcasts to expose a number of fraudulent patient medicines, with his bitterest attacks being aimed at Kennedy Radium Products the manufacturer of a tonic called 'Radium Rejuvenating Tablets," which Baxter claims is a slow cause of death. This leads the manufacturer to try every means to defeat and discredit the young doctor.—Les Adams <[email protected]>

A young doctor, shocked at the profusion of quack doctors dispensing pseudo-medical advice on the radio and selling worthless "cures", determines to drive them off the air, and sets his sights on one particularly well-known "doctor", who has an army of attorneys protecting him.[email protected]

Details

Keywords
  • radio
  • doctor
  • radium
  • tonic
  • radio broadcast
Genres
  • Action
  • Thriller
  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Romance
  • Film-Noir
Release date Jan 10, 1937
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Approved
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations Van Nuys Blvd and Sylvan St, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production companies Republic Pictures (I)

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 7m
Color Black and White
Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1

Synopsis

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