Doctor X (film)

Doctor X is a 1932 American First NationalWarner Bros. PreCode horrormystery film. 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 Lee Tracy, Fay Wray, and Lionel Atwill.

Doctor X is a graphic mysteryhorror film with some tongueincheek comedic elements. It is considered by some to be of the old dark house genre of horror films, and takes place in 1932 New York City and Long Island.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 the newspapers dubbing them the Moon Killer Murders. Furthermore, each body has been cannibalized after the murder has taken place. Witnesses to the events describe a horribly disfigured monster as the killer. ........

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