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Bernard VorhausAmazing Mr. X , The (1948)

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This movie is part of the collection: Feature Films

Director: Bernard Vorhaus
Production Company: Samba Pictures
Audio/Visual: sound, b&w
Keywords: Thriller

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: horseoftroy - - September 26, 2009
Subject: who is mr. x?
very well done film that keeps the tension throughout. artistically drawn.

Reviewer: Spuzz - - September 20, 2009
Subject: Preceding the Pretty Ordinary Mr. W
Bit of nasty work here... A widow keeps hearing voices and strange goings-on and starts to go to a psychic, who knows more about the widow then almost she does. When we have that all figured out at home, there's more twists to the story, which adds up to the fun. Almost like Gaslight with ghosts, this was a lot of fun actually, the acting is good, the direction good, and the cinematography is quite spooky. Catch this if you can!

Reviewer: malary - - February 16, 2009
Subject: Quite Thrilling
Pretty amazing movie. I agree with the reviewer below; they could have thought of a better title. It's quite a unique tale and there's hardly a dull moment. I love all the little twists and turns. The actors are very good as well. I like the ending, but it seemed a little rushed.

Reviewer: terracesider - - February 11, 2006
Subject: Great film
Marvellous lighting enhances the menacing atmoshpere which prevades this film. The oily medium, Alexis, is arguably Turhan Bey's best film role. Lynn Bari provides first rate support.

Trivia: nearly fifty years later Bey played the ageing Emperor in the B5 (series 2) episode, The Coming of the Shadows.

Reviewer: Therby - - January 17, 2006
Subject: Slow start
At first I didn't think this was going to turn into much but it was fairly interesting with some mild surpises. This movie was done well and is in great shape. I did enjoy it.

Reviewer: billbarstad - - January 5, 2006
Subject: Pretty Good
A smart, smooth-talking confidence man (Turhan Bey) takes in a rich, romantic, morose widow (Lynn Bari) and the plot develops as expected from there. But a surprise twist takes the story in a different, hurried direction.

Pretty enjoyable short movie. I especially liked the performance of the widow's younger sister, played by Cathy O'Donnell

Reviewer: Ella Greggs - - November 4, 2005
Subject: Lousy Title, Highly Entertaining Film
Widow Christine contemplates remarrying, but feels haunted by her late husband Paul. She meets Alexis, a charming 'medium' who offers to help her communicate with Paul. Then one day during a sceance, Paul's ghost does indeed appear, but it turns out he doesn't exactly have Christine's best interests at heart.

Don't be put off by the horrible title. This is a very good movie. I really enjoyed the performances, and I loved the fact that I had no idea how the story was going to play out. You start off thinking its going to be about this poor widow being exploited by a fake medium, and then it turns into something much, much more sinister. Also lovely cinematography.