Reviews for The Return of Doctor X
Review - Return of Doctor X, The
Silly B movie nonsense, with crazy killers and slapstick humor. Bogart was angry that he was forced to make this movie, and rightly so.
Reviewed by Roger on 2023-09-08 16:48:57
The Return of Doctor Xdirected by Vincent Sherman | |
| Category: |
"Suspense" |
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| Year of Release: | 1939 |
| Date Added: | 09/08/2023 |
| Date Watched: | 09/08/2023 |
| Description: | Reporter Walter Garrett (Wayne Morris) goes to interview actress Angela Merrova (Lya Lys) and finds her dead. His paper runs the story, but when the police arrive the body has disappeared. And the next day, Merrova shows up at the paper, demanding a retraction. Garrett asks his friend, doctor Michael Rhodes (Dennis Morgan) for help in solving the mystery. They discover that Rhodes fellow-doctor, Flegg, has perfected a way to bring a dead body back to life. But he hasn't been able to perfect artificial blood, so the only way to keep the body alive is to kill people and use their blood. Flegg perfected his reanimation on Doctor Xavier (Humphrey Bogart) but doesn't realize that X is staying alive by murdering people. X murders Flegg, then kidnaps Rhodes girlfriend and is about to kill her when Garrett and Rhodes arrive and stop him. The police arrive and kill X. |
| My Rating: | 5 |