The Amazing Mr. X (1948)

07/29/1948 (US) • 1h 18m

Thriller, Horror

In his eyes, the threat of terror! In his hands, the power to destroy!

Overview

On the beach one night, Christine Faber, two years a widow, thinks she hears her late husband Paul calling out of the surf...then meets a tall dark man, Alexis, who seems to know all about such things. After more ghostly manifestations, Christine and younger sister Janet become enmeshed in the eerie artifices of Alexis; but he in turn finds himself manipulated into deeper deviltry than he had in mind...

Top Billed Cast

Lynn Bari

Christine Faber

Cathy O'Donnell

Janet Burke

Richard Carlson

Martin Abbott

Donald Curtis

Paul Faber

Norma Varden

Wealthy looking woman


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

mystic

film noir

black and white

beach house

fake death

séance

return from dead

fake psychic

secluded beach

phoney spiritualist

grieving widow

male gold digger

charming man

sisters relationship

husband fakes his death

crashing waves

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