The Return of Doctor X

1939

1h 2m

Horror

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19%

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250+ Ratings

When news reporter Walter Garrett (Wayne Morris) arrives at the hotel room of bombshell actress Angela Merrova (Lya Lys) to conduct an interview, he finds her dead from multiple stab wounds. He returns with 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 (Humphrey Bogart).

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Matt Brunson

Creative Loafing

What makes this one worth a peek is that the role of a pasty-faced zombie-vampire is played by no less than Humphrey Bogart!

Rated: 2/4

Oct 17, 2016

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

A minor vampire thriller that's in need of a blood transfusion.

Rated: C+

Dec 18, 2009

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Pablo Villaça

Cinema em Cena

Embora superior ao original (o que no difcil) e mantenha um bom ritmo ao longo de seus 62 minutos, o filme vale mais como curiosidade por trazer Bogart em um dos desempenhos mais absurdos de sua carreira.

Rated: 2/5

Nov 26, 2006

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John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

It is only the charm of its two leading men (Dennis Morgan and Wayne Morris) that keeps it afloat.

Rated: 4/10

Oct 13, 2006

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Steve D

Perhaps the worst film Bogart was ever a part of.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/16/24

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Audience Member

The movie gets off to a bad start. The main character, a newspaper reporter, finds the body of a woman who seems to have been murdered, and he just writes about that for his newspaper to indirectly inform the police instead of calling the police. But the rest of the movie is better. Humphrey Bogart shows that he can be creepy. The movie doesn't have any of the characters of "Doctor X." But it's similar in being a murder mystery in which the main character is a newspaper reporter and the suspects are scientists.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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Not very good horror film is really only worth watching for what has to be the most bizarre casting of Humphrey Bogart's career as Doctor X. A reporter is investigating a string of murders that involved the victims being found drained of their rare blood type, which eventually leads to the titular Doctor X. Bogart himself hated this film and never wanted to talk about it. His role as Doctor X was originally going to be played by Boris Karloff, so that gives you an idea of how different a role this was for Bogey and just how miscast he was, with goofy glasses and a Bride of Frankenstein-like grey streak. Overall, this film is only worth watching as a curio in Bogart's filmography, this being his only sci-fi or horror film appearance.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Kind of a little good/bad movie in that i's poorly made but watchable. Humphrey Bogart is completely miscast as ghoulish Dr. X. This isn't a true sequel to the extremely memorable 'Doctor X' (1932).

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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bogies first n last appearance in a horror pic

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Even that is a bad film, Bogart's performance is not as bad as the other characters film.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Vincent Sherman

Director

Wayne Morris

Walter "Wichita" Garrett

Humphrey Bogart

Dr. Maurice Xavier, aka Marshall Quesne

Rosemary Lane

Joan Vance

Dennis Morgan

Dr. Mike Rhodes

John Litel

Dr. Francis Flegg

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Synopsis

When news reporter Walter Garrett (Wayne Morris) arrives at the hotel room of bombshell actress Angela Merrova (Lya Lys) to conduct an interview, he finds her dead from multiple stab wounds. He returns with 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 (Humphrey Bogart).

Director: Vincent Sherman
Producer: Hal B. Wallis, Jack L. Warner
Screenwriter: Lee Katz
Production Co: Warner Bros.
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 1, 2009
Runtime: 1h 2m

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