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Doctor X is a american film of genre Science fiction directed by Michael Curtiz released in USA on 27 august 1932 with Lee Tracy

Doctor X (1932)

Doctor X
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Released in USA 27 august 1932
Length 1h16
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Science fiction,    Thriller,    Comedy,    Horror,    Crime
Rating63% 3.19633.19633.19633.19633.1963

Doctor X is a 1932 American First National/Warner Bros. Pre-Code horror/mystery film. Based on the play originally titled The Terror (New York, February 9, 1931) by Howard W. Comstock and Allen C. Miller, it was directed by Michael Curtiz and stars Lee Tracy, Fay Wray, and Lionel Atwill.

The film was produced before the Motion Picture Production Code was enforced. Themes such as murder, rape, cannibalism and prostitution are interwoven into the story. The film was one of the last films made, along with Warners' Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933), in the two-color Technicolor process. Black and white prints were shipped to small towns and to foreign markets, while color prints were reserved for major cities.

Synopsis

Doctor X is a graphic mystery-horror film with some tongue-in-cheek comedic elements. It is considered by some to be of the "old dark house" genre of horror films, and takes place in 1932 New York City and Long Island.

Actors

Lee Tracy

(Lee Taylor)Fay Wray

(Joanne Xavier)Lionel Atwill

(Dr. Jerry Xavier)Preston Foster

(Dr. Wells)John Wray

(Dr. Haines)
And :
Harry Beresford
Arthur Edmund Carewe
Leila Bennett
Robert Warwick
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