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Feature film — 1939

The Return of Doctor X (1939)

6.01h 2mScience Fiction — Horror — Mystery

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.

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A high-signal pick with 65 votes.

First National Pictures / Warner Bros. Pictures

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Director: Vincent Sherman

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Cast & crew

Humphrey Bogart as Dr. Maurice Xavier

Humphrey Bogart

Dr. Maurice Xavier

Rosemary Lane as Joan Vance

Rosemary Lane

Joan Vance

Wayne Morris as Walter Wichita Garrett

Wayne Morris

Walter Wichita Garrett

Dennis Morgan as Dr. Rhodes

Dennis Morgan

Dr. Rhodes

John Litel as Dr. Flegg

John Litel

Dr. Flegg

Lya Lys as Angela

Lya Lys

Angela

Huntz Hall as Pinky

Huntz Hall

Pinky

Charles Cahill Wilson as Det. Kincaid

Charles Cahill Wilson

Det. Kincaid

Vera Lewis as Miss Sweetman

Vera Lewis

Miss Sweetman

Howard Hickman as Chairman

Howard Hickman

Chairman

Olin Howland as Undertaker

Olin Howland

Undertaker

C

Cliff Saum

Detective Sergeant Moran

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