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THE RETURN OF DOCTOR X

1939 • US
November 23, 1939

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.

Directors

Vincent Sherman

Cast

Humphrey Bogart, Rosemary Lane, Wayne Morris, Dennis Morgan, John Litel, Lya Lys, Huntz Hall, Charles C. Wilson, Vera Lewis, Howard Hickman
Horror Science Fiction Mystery
HMDB

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Francesco Mirabelli

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Uno scienziato criminale giustiziato sulla sedia elettrica viene riportato in vita da un collega ma, per andare avanti, ha bisogno di continuare trasfusioni di sangue umano. Alla fine un giornalista, che indaga sulla sparizione delle vittime del “mostro”, riuscirà a fermarlo prima che uccida anche la sua giovane assistente. Curioso mix di zombismo e vampirismo.