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As the Devil Commands Reviews

1933
1 hr 10 mins
Drama
NR

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Slowly dying of an unspecified illness, wealthy invalid Charles Sellon wants his aide Neil Hamilton to end his suffering. Hamilton won't do it, but villainous lawyer Alan Dinehart, in line to inherit Sellon's millions, is not so charitable. Dinehart kills Sellon, then makes it look as though Hamilton murdered the old guy for his money.

Turgid melodrama/mystery concerning an evil lawyer who frames the aide of a dying, rich invalid on a murder rap. The invalid pleads for a fatal injection to end his suffering, but the aide will not do it. The lawyer gets the old man to sign his fortune over to the aide and then gives him the fatal injection, making it appear that the aide killed the invalid for his money. It's up to the law to sort it all out. Unbelievably complicated and ridiculous.