Dr. Ordway (Warner Baxter) goes on vacation, only to get involved in a bizarre crime. While on a lecture tour/vacation in Paris, the Crime Doctor finds himself looking into a case of supposed patricide. His French colleague believes the suspect to be neither insane nor guilty. Ordway must find the real killer, but the most likely suspects keep tuning up dead.
Knife throwing, seedy establishments of Paris, heavy French accents and paintings feature in this rather pleasantly diverting mystery that finds Dr Ordway doing what he does best and solving mysteries. The pace can be slow and sometimes there's too much exposition, however it's not enough to mar the pleasant entertainment which has a neat twist at the end.
Knife throwing, seedy establishments of Paris, heavy French accents and paintings feature in this rather pleasantly diverting mystery that finds Dr Ordway doing what he does best and solving mysteries. The pace can be slow and sometimes there's too much exposition, however it's not enough to mar the pleasant entertainment which has a neat twist at the end.