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Release Date:
November 23, 1939
Original Title:
The Return of Doctor X
Alternate Titles:
Die Rückkehr des Dr. X
The Return of Dr. X
Genres:
Horror | Mystery | Science Fiction
Production Companies:
First National Pictures
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 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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Art Direction:
Esdras Hartley
Costume Design:
Milo Anderson
Director:
Vincent Sherman
Director of Photography:
Sidney Hickox
Editor:
Thomas Pratt
Executive Producer:
Hal B. Wallis
Jack L. Warner
Makeup Artist:
Perc Westmore
Original Music Composer:
Bernhard Kaun
Producer:
Bryan Foy
Screenplay:
Lee Katz
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