The Amazing Mr. X (1948)
July 29, 1948
Thriller, Horror
1h 18m


In his eyes, the threat of terror! In his hands, the power to destroy!
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...
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Bernard Vorhaus
- Alexis Turhan Bey
- Christine Faber Lynn Bari
- Janet Burke Cathy O'Donnell
- Martin Abbott Richard Carlson
- Paul Faber Donald Curtis
- Emily Virginia Gregg
- Wealthy looking woman Norma Varden
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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