The Return of Doctor X

The Return of Doctor X (1939)

  • 24% of users liked it
    (337 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

Unrated, 1 hr. 2 min.
Directed By
Vincent Sherman
Genres
Horror, Mystery & Suspense, Classics, Science Fiction & Fantasy
In Theaters
Dec 2, 1939 Wide

Critic Reviews

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    A minor vampire thriller that's in need of a blood transfusion.

  • 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.

  • John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis

    The Return of Doctor X is simply twaddle, albeit mildly pleasant twaddle.

  • 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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Featured Audience Ratings

  • AJ V


    This movie is supposed to be the sequel to Dr. x, but it strays so far away from the original that it's a different story altogether. Bogart, who wasn't in the first movie plays an evil scientist, and it's not his best performance. I didn't like this movie.

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