The Return of Doctor X

The Return of Doctor X

62 mins | Thriller, Science Fiction, Horror, Mystery | Nov. 23, 1939

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

The Return of Doctor X

62 mins | Thriller, Science Fiction, Horror, Mystery | Nov. 23, 1939

The Return of Doctor X
When news reporter Walter Garrett arrives at the hotel room of bombshell actress Angela Merrova to conduct an interview, he finds her dead from multiple stab wounds. He returns with the 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.
IMDb rating 5.7
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures, First National Pictures
Original title The Return of Doctor X
Directors Vincent Sherman
Writers Lee Katz

Cast

Humphrey Bogart

as Dr. Maurice Xavier

Rosemary Lane

as Joan Vance

Wayne Morris

as Walter Wichita Garrett

Dennis Morgan

as Dr. Rhodes

John Litel

as Dr. Flegg

Lya Lys

as Angela

Huntz Hall

as Pinky

Charles C. Wilson

as Det. Kincaid

Vera Lewis

as Miss Sweetman

Howard Hickman

as Chairman

Olin Howland

as Undertaker

Cliff Saum

as Detective Sergeant Moran

Creighton Hale

as Hotel Manager

John Ridgely

as Rodgers

Joseph Crehan

as Editor

Glenn Langan

as Interne

William Hopper

as Interne

Nat Carr

as Reporter (uncredited)

Loia Cheaney

as Nurse (uncredited)

Eddie Graham

as Hospital Attendant (uncredited)

John Harron

as Reporter (uncredited)

Mike Lally

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Frank Mayo

as Attorney (uncredited)

John "Skins" Miller

as Newspaper Vendor (uncredited)

Jack Mower

as Policeman Guarding Rodgers' Room (uncredited)

Paul Panzer

as Hospital Attendant (uncredited)

Frank Pharr

as Andy - the Night Editor (uncredited)

Gwen Seager

as Miss Lawrence (uncredited)

Claude Wisberg

as Office Boy (uncredited)

Ian Wolfe

as Cemetery Caretaker (uncredited)