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The Return of Doctor X plot summary

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

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.

Details

Release date

November 23, 1939

Runtime

1h 2m

Genres

Science Fiction, Horror, Mystery

Directed by

Vincent Sherman

Country

United States

TMDB rating

6.0 / 10 · 64 votes

The Return of Doctor X trailer

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Cast

• Humphrey BogartDr. Maurice Xavier
• Rosemary LaneJoan Vance
• Wayne MorrisWalter Wichita Garrett
• Dennis MorganDr. Rhodes
• John LitelDr. Flegg
• Lya LysAngela
• Huntz HallPinky
• Charles Cahill WilsonDet. Kincaid
• Vera LewisMiss Sweetman
• Howard HickmanChairman

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