The Return of Doctor X (1939)

11/23/1939 (US) • 1h 2m

Science Fiction, Horror, Mystery

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

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Humphrey Bogart

Dr. Maurice Xavier

Rosemary Lane

Joan Vance

Wayne Morris

Walter Wichita Garrett

Dennis Morgan

Dr. Rhodes

John Litel

Dr. Flegg

Lya Lys

Angela

Charles C. Wilson

Det. Kincaid

Vera Lewis

Miss Sweetman


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Part of the Doctor X Collection

Includes Doctor X, The Return of Doctor X

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

new york city

reporter

series of murders

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