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The Amazing Mr. X (1948)

The Amazing Mr. X (1948)

Thriller Horror

In his eyes, the threat of terror! In his hands, the power to destroy!

Release Date: 1948, July 29
Directors: Bernard Vorhaus
Countries: United States of America
Production: Ben Stoloff Productions, Eagle-Lion Films
Cast: Donald Curtis, Cathy O'Donnell, Virginia Gregg, Norma Varden, Richard Carlson, Lynn Bari, Harry Mendoza, Turhan Bey

Overview:

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...

Keywords:

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