

The Amazing Mr. X
1948-07-29 · 78 min · ★ 6.2
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...
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- Directors
- Bernard Vorhaus
- Production companies
- Ben Stoloff Productions, Eagle-Lion Films (US)
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Turhan BeyAlexis
Lynn BariChristine Faber
Cathy O'DonnellJanet Burke
Richard CarlsonMartin Abbott
Donald CurtisPaul Faber
Virginia GreggEmily
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