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Doctor X

Doctor X

Horror · Thriller · Mystery · 1932

A wisecracking New York reporter intrudes on a research scientist's quest to unmask The Moon Killer.

Movie details

Doctor X

“Out-thrills them all!”

1932 Horror · Thriller · Mystery 1h 16m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.0 / 10

Community rating

A wisecracking New York reporter intrudes on a research scientist's quest to unmask The Moon Killer.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Doctor X?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Michael Curtiz

Written by

George Rosener · Robert Tasker · Earl Baldwin

Lionel Atwill

Lionel Atwill

Dr. Jerry Xavier

Fay Wray

Fay Wray

Joanne Xavier

Lee Tracy

Lee Tracy

Lee Taylor

Preston Foster

Preston Foster

Dr. Wells

John Wray

John Wray

Dr. Haines

Harry Beresford

Harry Beresford

Dr. Duke

Arthur Edmund Carewe

Arthur Edmund Carewe

Dr. Rowitz

Court is in session

Put Doctor X on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.