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The Return of Doctor X

The Return of Doctor X

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

Part of Doctor X Collection

1939•1h 2m•6.0/10
Science FictionHorrorMystery

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6.0/10(62)

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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Production

First National Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Humphrey Bogart

Humphrey Bogart

Dr. Maurice Xavier

Rosemary Lane

Rosemary Lane

Joan Vance

Wayne Morris

Wayne Morris

Walter Wichita Garrett

Dennis Morgan

Dennis Morgan

Dr. Rhodes

John Litel

John Litel

Dr. Flegg

Lya Lys

Lya Lys

Angela

Huntz Hall

Huntz Hall

Pinky

Charles C. Wilson

Charles C. Wilson

Det. Kincaid

Vera Lewis

Vera Lewis

Miss Sweetman

Howard Hickman

Howard Hickman

Chairman

Olin Howland

Olin Howland

Undertaker

Cliff Saum

Detective Sergeant Moran

Creighton Hale

Creighton Hale

Hotel Manager

John Ridgely

John Ridgely

Rodgers

Joseph Crehan

Joseph Crehan

Editor

Glenn Langan

Glenn Langan

Interne

William Hopper

William Hopper

Interne

Nat Carr

Nat Carr

Reporter (uncredited)

Loia Cheaney

Nurse (uncredited)

Eddie Graham

Hospital Attendant (uncredited)

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