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The Amazing Mr. X is a american film of genre Thriller directed by Bernard Vorhaus released in USA on 29 july 1948 with Turhan Bey

The Amazing Mr. X (1948)

The Amazing Mr. X
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Released in USA 29 july 1948
Length 1h18
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Thriller,    Horror,    Noir
Rating63% 3.196723.196723.196723.196723.19672

The Amazing Mr. X (1948), also known as The Spiritualist, is a film noir directed by Bernard Vorhaus with cinematography by John Alton. Like Nightmare Alley (1947), this film tells the story of a phony spiritualist racket. The film is prominently featured in Alton's book on cinematography Painting with Light (1949).

The film stars Turhan Bey, Lynn Bari, Cathy O'Donnell, and Richard Carlson. Eagle-Lion Films signed a contract with Carole Landis for the part played by Bari, but Landis committed suicide a few days before shooting began. The film is in the public domain.

Synopsis

Two years after her husband's death, Christine Faber (Lynn Bari) thinks she hears her late husband (Donald Curtis) calling out of the surf on the beach one night. She meets a tall dark man named Alexis (Turhan Bey) who seems to know all about her.

Actors

Turhan Bey

(Alexis)Lynn Bari

(Christine Faber)Cathy O'Donnell

(Janet Burke)Richard Carlson

(Martin Abbott)Donald Curtis

(Paul Faber)
And :
Virginia Gregg
Norma Varden
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