The Amazing Mr. X (1948)

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

78 min★ 6.4 · 2,704 votes

• Drama
• Film-Noir
• Horror

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...

Release date

July 29, 1948

Country of origin

United States