
Doctor X
Doctor X is a 1932 American pre-Code two-color Technicolor horror/mystery film, produced jointly by First National and Warner Bros. Based on the play originally titled The Terror (New York, February 9, 1931) by Howard W. Comstock and Allen C. Miller, it was directed by Michael Curtiz and stars Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, and Lee Tracy.
Plot
Reporter Lee Taylor (Lee Tracy) is investigating a series of pathological murders that have taken place over a series of months in New York City. The murders always take place at night, under the light of a full moon, and each body has been cannibalized after the murder. Witnesses describe a horribly disfigured "monster" as the killer.
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author | Earl Baldwin |
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contentLocation | New York City |
director | Michael Curtiz |
editor | George Amy |
genre | horror mystery |
keywords | artificial limb clean connect create even full moon george rosener handcuff human flesh leila bennett murder murder witness report sexual perversion wax figure |
musicBy | Bernhard Kaun |
producer | Darryl F. Zanuck Hal B. Wallis |
productionCompany | First National Pictures |
publisher | Warner Bros. |