The Crime of the Century

Driven to desperation by his young and extravagant wife, alienist Dr. Emil Brandt has arranged a perfect crime; now he begs the police to lock him up before he can commit it.

Cast

Jean Hersholt

as Dr. Emil Brandt

Wynne Gibson

as Mrs. Frieda Brandt

Stuart Erwin

as Dan McKee

Frances Dee

as Doris Brandt

Gordon Westcott

as Gilbert Reid

Robert Elliott

as Captain Tim Riley

David Landau

as Lieutenant Frank Martin

William Janney

as James Brandt

Bodil Rosing

as Hilda Ericson

Torben Meyer

as Eric Ericson

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