The Return of Doctor X

From The Grindhouse Cinema Database

The Return of Doctor X (1939, USA) is a Horror film directed by Vincent Sherman.

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Main Details

  • Released on December 2, 1939
  • B&W
  • Running time; 62 minutes
  • Production Co.: First National Pictures | Warner Bros.
  • Distribution Co.: Warner Bros.
  • Written by Lee Katz and William J. Makin
  • Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Rosemary Lane, Wayne Morris

Plot Summary

  • A hotshot reporter and a young doctor team up to investigate a series of grisly murders and a mysterious sample of synthetic blood.

Taglines

  • HE ROSE FROM THE DEAD...TO HAUNT THE LIVING!!!
  • Back from the Grave He Came!
  • It's the Most X-citing Perpl-X-ing X-traordinary Picture of the Year!
  • AMAZING THRILLS...THE SENSATIONAL STORY OF A MAN BACK FROM THE GRAVE TO FIND HIS BETRAYER! (Print Ad- Victoria Daily Times, ((Victoria, BC)) 5 December 1939)
  • He lives to kill and kills to live!
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