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Quick Info

Rating

5.9/10

Release1939

Runtime1h 2m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

RevenueN/A

Production

First National Pictures

Warner Bros. Pictures

Movie

The Return of Doctor X

1939

1h 2m

5.9

Science Fiction

Horror

Mystery

Synopsis

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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