The Return of Doctor X (1939)
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23% of users liked it
(353 ratings)
Humphrey Bogart makes his first and last appearance in a horror movie in this film. Though the title implies that it is a sequel to the classic 1932 chiller Dr. X it is not. The terror begins when an eager-beaver reporter stumbles across the corpse of a popular actress who turns up, after much media… More Humphrey Bogart makes his first and last appearance in a horror movie in this film. Though the title implies that it is a sequel to the classic 1932 chiller Dr. X it is not. The terror begins when an eager-beaver reporter stumbles across the corpse of a popular actress who turns up, after much media hoopla, not to be dead at all. At least she seems to be alive on a surface level and is eager to sue the reporter's paper. The reporter can't help but notice that here skin is unnaturally pale and that she keeps her face concealed beneath a long-black veil. Suspecting that evil is afoot, he--who by now is unemployed--launches a private investigation to prove that she really was the corpse he saw. His search leads him into the terrifying world of a psycho blood doctor, and into a series of unsolved murders in which all the victims were found with no blood in their veins. Ultimately, the reporter finds himself face-to-face with the nefarious Dr. Maurice Xavier (Bogart), a man executed several years ago for murdering patients while performing Frankensteinian experiments. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Vincent Sherman
- Genres
- Horror, Mystery & Suspense, Classics, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Dec 2, 1939 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
A minor vampire thriller that's in need of a blood transfusion.
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Pablo Villaca, Cinema em Cena
Embora superior ao original (o que não é difícil) e mantenha um bom ritmo ao longo de seus 62 minutos, o filme vale mais como curiosidade por trazer Bogart em um dos desempenhos mais absurdos de sua carreira.
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John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis
The Return of Doctor X is simply twaddle, albeit mildly pleasant twaddle.
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John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis
It is only the charm of its two leading men (Dennis Morgan and Wayne Morris) that keeps it afloat.
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Cast
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Humphrey Bogart
as Marshall Quesne
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Rosemary Lane
as Joan Vance
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Dennis Morgan
as Michael Rhodes
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John Litel
as Dr. Francis Flegg
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Huntz Hall
as Pinky
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Wayne Morris
as Walter Barnett
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Lya Lys
as Angela Merrova
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Charles C. Wilson
as Detective Ray Kincaid
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Vera Lewis
as Miss Sweetman
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Howard Hickman
as Chairman
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Olin Howland
as Undertaker
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Arthur Ayleswofth
as Guide
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Jack Mower
as Detective Sgt. Moran
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Creighton Hale
as Hotel Manager
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John Ridgely
as Rodgers
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Joseph Crehan
as Editor
- Virginia Brissac
- Eddy Chandler
- John Harmon
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William Hopper
as Intern
- Glenn Langan
- Ian Wolfe
- George Reeves
