Directed by:
Michael CurtizScreenplay:
Earl BaldwinCinematography:
Ray RennahanCast:
Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Lee Tracy, Preston Foster, John Wray, Harry Beresford, Arthur Edmund Carewe, Leila Bennett, Robert Warwick, Willard Robertson (more)VOD (1)
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When the moon is full, a murderer stalks the streets of New York. The trail of carnage seems to lead to a mad scientist (Lionel Atwill) who conducts grisly experiments under the roof of his surgical research laboratory. Lee Taylor (Lee Tracey), a canny journalist, tries to unravel the mystery before the killer can strike again.Atwill gives a skin-crawling performance as Doctor Xavier, the one-armed wacko who has discovered a synthetic flesh that he uses to create body parts. Fay Wray is delightfully naive as Joanne Xavier, the lab boss's daughter (and the reporter's heartthrob). Michael Curtiz (CASABLANCA) directed this gripping whodunit--based on the play by Howard W. Comstock and Allen C. Miller--that strikes a thrilling balance between comedy and horror. Making classic use of high-contrast lighting, intricate sets, and a pioneering two-color Technicolor process, DOCTOR X is packed with atmosphere and visual inventiveness. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Lionel Atwill
UK
Best movies:
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Captain Blood (1935)
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
Fay Wray
Canada
Best movies:
King Kong (1933)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
Murder by Death (1976) - a.f.
Lee Tracy
USA
Best movies:
Dinner at Eight (1933)
The Best Man (1964)
Doctor X (1932)
Preston Foster
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
The Valley of Decision (1945)
North West Mounted Police (1940)
John Wray
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Harry Beresford
UK
Best movies:
The Sign of the Cross (1932)
Dinner at Eight (1933)
Anna Karenina (1935)
Arthur Edmund Carewe
Ottoman Empire
Best movies:
The Cat and the Canary (1927)
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
Leila Bennett
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
Dames (1934)
Tiger Shark (1932)
Robert Warwick
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
The Power and the Glory (1933)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
Willard Robertson
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
To Each His Own (1946)
Mae Busch
Australia
Best movies:
The Unholy Three (1925)
Marie Antoinette (1938)
Sons of the Desert (1933)
Tom Dugan
Ireland
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Selmer Jackson
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Sudden Fear (1952)
Harry Holman
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
It Happened One Night (1934)
When Tomorrow Comes (1939)
Ky Robinson
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
It Happened One Night (1934)
Thomas E. Jackson
USA
Best movies:
Scarlet Street (1945)
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Beau Geste (1939)
Charles McMurphy
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)