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The Amazing Mr. X( 1948)

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

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...

    Top Billed Cast

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      Turhan Bey

      Alexis

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      Lynn Bari

      Christine Faber

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      Cathy O'Donnell

      Janet Burke

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      Richard Carlson

      Martin Abbott

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      Donald Curtis

      Paul Faber

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      Virginia Gregg

      Emily

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      Norma Varden

      Wealthy looking woman

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      Harry Mendoza

      Hoffman

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    A review by John Chard

    7.5
    Written by John Chard on Sat Nov 02 2013
    And he used it to rule their lives…win their love! The Spiritualist (AKA: The Amazing Mr. X) is directed by Bernard Vorhaus and collectively written by Crane Wilbur, Muriel Roy Bolton and Ian McLellan Hunter. It stars Turhan Bey, Lynn Bari and Cathy O'Donnell. Music is by Alexander Laszlo and cinematography by John Alton. Christine Faber ( Bari) thinks she hears the voice of her late husband calling out to her from the beach. Upon investigating she bumps into a mysterious stranger called Alexis (Bey) who seems to know all about her. It turns out that Alexis is a spiritualist, but is he ge...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • 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
    • charming man
    • sisters relationship
    • husband fakes his death
    • crashing waves