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The Return of Doctor X

The Return of Doctor X (1939)

1h 2m | PG-13

⭐ 5.9 / 10

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.

Director: Vincent Sherman

Studio: First National Pictures

Genre: Science Fiction, Horror, Mystery

Video: 720p

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Cast

Humphrey Bogart

Humphrey Bogart

as Dr. Maurice Xavier

Rosemary Lane

Rosemary Lane

as Joan Vance

Wayne Morris

Wayne Morris

as Walter Wichita Garrett

Dennis Morgan

Dennis Morgan

as Dr. Rhodes

John Litel

John Litel

as Dr. Flegg

Lya Lys

Lya Lys

as Angela