The Amazing Mr. X
1948 · Movie · 78 min · ★ 6.2
On the beach one night, Christine Faber, two years a widow, thinks she hears her late husband Paul calling out of the surf...then meets a tall dark man, Alexis, who seems to know all about such things. After more ghostly manifestations, Christine and younger sister Janet become enmeshed in the eerie artifices of Alexis; but he in turn finds himself manipulated into deeper deviltry than he had in mind...
Also known as The Spiritualist
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Details
- Years
- 1948
- Release date
- 1948-07-29
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 78 min
- Max quality
- SD
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 (49 votes)
Themes
- mystic
- film noir
- black and white
- beach house
- fake death
- séance
- return from dead
- fake psychic
- secluded beach
- phoney spiritualist
- grieving widow
- male gold digger
- +4 more
Cast & crew
Turhan Bey
as Alexis
Lynn Bari
as Christine Faber
Cathy O'Donnell
as Janet Burke
Richard Carlson
as Martin Abbott
Donald Curtis
as Paul Faber
Virginia Gregg
as Emily
Norma Varden
as Wealthy looking woman
- HM
Harry Mendoza
as Hoffman
Directed by Bernard Vorhaus