The Amazing Mr. X

In his eyes, the threat of terror! In his hands, the power to destroy!

Jul 29, 1948 1h 18m

6.3

41 votes

Synopsis

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...

Title	The Amazing Mr. X
Companies	Ben Stoloff Productions, Eagle-Lion Films
Countries	United States of America
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