The Return of Doctor X (1939)
Release Date: Dec 2, 1939 Wide
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Humphrey Bogart makes his first and last appearance in a horror movie in this film. Though the title implies that it is a sequel to the classic 1932 chiller Dr. X it is not. The terror begins when an eager-beaver reporter stumbles across the corpse of a popular actress who turns up, after much media hoopla, not to be dead at all. At least she seems to be alive on a surface level and is eager to sue the reporter's paper. The reporter can't help but notice that here skin is unnaturally pale and
Dec 2, 1939 Wide
Cast
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Humphrey Bogart
Marshall Quesne -
Rosemary Lane
Joan Vance -
Dennis Morgan
Michael Rhodes -
John Litel
Dr. Francis Flegg -
Huntz Hall
Pinky -
Wayne Morris
Walter Barnett -
Lya Lys
Angela Merrova -
Charles C. Wilson
Detective Ray Kincaid -
Vera Lewis
Miss Sweetman -
Howard Hickman
Chairman -
Olin Howland
Undertaker -
Arthur Ayleswofth
Guide -
Jack Mower
Detective Sgt. Moran -
Creighton Hale
Hotel Manager -
John Ridgely
Rodgers -
Joseph Crehan
Editor -
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William Hopper
Intern -
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A minor vampire thriller that's in need of a blood transfusion.
Embora superior ao original (o que não é difícil) e mantenha um bom ritmo ao longo de seus 62 minutos, o filme vale mais como curiosidade por trazer Bogart em um dos desempenhos mais absurdos de sua carreira.
The Return of Doctor X is simply twaddle, albeit mildly pleasant twaddle.
It is only the charm of its two leading men (Dennis Morgan and Wayne Morris) that keeps it afloat.
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