The Return of Doctor X

"HE ROSE FROM THE DEAD...TO HAUNT THE LIVING!!!"

Dec 2 1939 Approved 1h 2m
Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

When news reporter Walter Garrett arrives at the hotel room of bombshell actress Angela Merrova to conduct an interview, he finds her dead from multiple stab wounds. He returns with the police to find the hotel empty and the body vanished. Garrett writes about the incident but is fired when Merrova, alive and well, goes to the paper to complain. Now his only chance to get his job back is to find the truth, which involves the grisly scheme of a madman.

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Plot

New York newspaper reporter Walter Barnett finds himself out of a job after he claims to have found actress Angela Merrova dead in her apartment - only the next day she showed up alive and threatened to sue the paper. Determined to investigate he discovers her involvement with a strange doctor who is an expert on human blood. Barnett then finds a connection to a series of gruesome murders where the victims were all found drained of blood.

Written by

Lee Katz, William J. Makin

Directed by

Vincent Sherman

Cast

Humphrey Bogart, Rosemary Lane, Wayne Morris

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

First National Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

1 nomination

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Joe Dante on THE RETURN OF DOCTOR X
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