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The Amazing Mr. X (1948) [The Film Detective Special Edition]

Turhan Bey (Actor), Lynn Bari (Actor), Bernard Vorhaus (Director) Format: DVD

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Genre	Mystery & Suspense/Film Noir, Horror
Format	Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen, Anamorphic
Contributor	Bernard Vorhaus, Turhan Bey, Lynn Bari, Cathy O'Donnell
Language	English
Runtime	1 hour and 18 minutes

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From out of the surf it came... a familiar voice... a voice that belonged to the afterlife!An atmospheric masterpiece, The Amazing Mr. X stars Turhan Bey as Alexis, a mystery man who claims to communicate with spirits. Appearing on the beach one night, Alexis easily charms a depressed widow and her sister (Lynn Bari and Cathy O'Donnell). The sly Alexis makes a living by separating gullible people from their money, but before this tale is over he will learn that the living are far more dangerous than the dead. Thanks to exceptional cinematography by John Alton, director Bernard Vorhaus delivers a film that oozes weird passion and sinister suspense. This is a movie that breathes right on your neck!

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Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.56 x 5.35 x 0.59 inches; 2.72 Ounces
Director ‏ : ‎ Bernard Vorhaus
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen, Anamorphic
Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 18 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ October 26, 2021
Actors ‏ : ‎ Turhan Bey, Lynn Bari, Cathy O'Donnell
Studio ‏ : ‎ Film Detective
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B096WVTNHX
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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R. Askin

fuzzy and that sort of shifting background like the characters aren't really part of the film--I couldn't ...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 17, 2018

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badly restored...fuzzy and that sort of shifting background like the characters aren't really part of the film--I couldn't get past the first five minutes. I'll have to give it another go when I'm in a more nostalgic mood and can put up with the shoddiness of the DVD.

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Jenny

incredible formatting foolishness on kino's part

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 26, 2021

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as with other of their full screen programs, they've formatted this in widescreen, the original 4:3 image being couched in the 16:9/widescreen envelope. the upshot for viewers using full screen tvs - there are millions of us out here, kino - is that the 4:3 image does not fill our 4:3 screens. this perverse in the extreme: i'm sitting here looking at a small image SURROUNDED BY 4 BLACK BARS - BLACK BARS ON ALL SIDES. near-incredible foolishness.

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AVOID This version by FILM DETECTIVE!!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 3, 2021

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FILM DETECTIVE usually offers decent, and at times outstanding transfers (especially when the cover claims "RESTORED EDITION"). The film looks as if they did not even attempt any kind of restoration whatsoever. Worst I've ever seen. If I'd have known, I might have even selected the ALPHA VIDEO version. Completely unwatchable ... I had to remove it after less than 10 minutes, it was uncomfortable to my vision.

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Chip Kaufmann

MR X Is Truly AMAZING.

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The parade of Eagle-Lion Film restorations contiues with the Film Detective Special Edition of 1948s THE AMAZING MR X. This remarkable little movie, originally called THE SPIRITUALIST (which is a more accurate title), is full of surprises to delight the eye and the mind. The eye part is due to the gorgeous cinematography by the legendary John Alton. This just may be the most beautiful black & white movie ever made. Shimmering day and night views of the Pacific Ocean are coupled with truly astonishing "ghostly" visuals of the title character plying his trade. Add to this numerous location shots of the Viila de Leon, a 1927 Pacific Palisades mansion, and you have images that will stay with you long after the film has ended.

The mind part is in the different unfolding of an old storyline which has been done many times before. A fake spiritualist makes his living by bilking rich widows into believing that their dead husbands want to get in touch with them. Once they are hooked he then milks them by conducting seances that contain personal information gathered by a confederate who usually works as a temporary household servant. Unfortunately for the medium, his latest outing begins to unravel when the younger sister of the widow he's duping falls in love with him and the widow's fiance' brings in a professional psychic debunker. While he is preparing for them, something totally unexpected happens which leads to a surprising but satisfying conclusion.

1940s B player Turhan Bey has his best role as the title character whose name is Alexis (there is no Mr X). He is suave, handsome and completely believable thanks to his demeanor and a bevy of tricks that are truly amazing. Lynn Bari is fine as the widow who truly believes her husband has come back to her while Martha O'Driscoll is annoying at times as the younger sister (the character is written that way) but she grows on you as the movie progresses. Really good is TV veteran and Jack Webb favorite Virginia Gregg as Alexis' partner in crime while poor Richard Carlson is stuck with the thankless role of the fiance'. Last but not least is Alexis's raven played by a trained bird named Jimmy who was Hollywood's avian Lassie.

After a title change from THE SPIRITUALIST to THE AMAZING X (real life spiritualists objected), the movie had a successful run and then disappeared for a number of years. Like most Eagle-Lion films, it fell into the public domain and was available only in substandard 16mm copies which looked even worse when transferred to video. Some of these copies are still available for streaming. Finally in 2021 the Film Detective restoration team released a top quality home video edition in both DVD and Blu-Ray. This new edition allows the movie to be seen pretty much the way audiences first saw it back in 1948. As I mentioned earler, while the story may be old hat, all the other aspects of the movie are most certainly not.

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