The Amazing Mr. X
1948 · Movie · 1h 18m
ThrillerHorror
"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...
Ratings
IMDb
6.4/10
Key crew
- Ian McLellan HunterScreenplay
- Muriel Roy BoltonScreenplay
- Bernard VorhausDirector
- Alexander LaszloOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Turhan BeyAlexis
- Lynn BariChristine Faber
- Cathy O'DonnellJanet Burke
- Richard CarlsonMartin Abbott
- Donald CurtisPaul Faber
- Virginia GreggEmily
- Norma VardenWealthy looking woman
- Harry MendozaHoffman
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Themes
mysticfilm noirblack and whitebeach housefake deathséancereturn from deadfake psychicsecluded beachphoney spiritualistgrieving widowmale gold digger