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Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Wayne Morris, Dennis Morgan, John Litel
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Return of Doctor X |
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A reporter, Wichita, goes to interview, Angela, a retired actress. However, he finds her dead and drained of blood. But, when the cops arrive the body is gone. Wichita then sees Angela at the newspaper office.
He talks to Mike, a doctor friend of his to ask how Angela can still be alive. Mike is unsure.
After another murder Mike collects a blood sample and finds that it's synthetic.
Mike talks to Dr. Flegg, his colleague and a hemotologist, who
claims to know nothing about it.
Mike and Wichita discover that Dr. Flegg's assistant, Dr. Xavier is behind the killings. He killed them for their blood.
Mike and Wichita confront Flegg who finally comes clean.
He admits that Xavier is actually Marshall Quesne, a doctor killed in the electric chair. He brought Quesne back to life using a synthetic blood. He also brought Angela back to life. However, the synthetic blood can not sustain them, they need real blood. Angela dies, but Quesne continues to kill people with a certain blood type to sustain himself, including Flegg. He kidnaps Mike's girlfriend, but Mike and Wichita alert the cops and before he can kill her they kill him once and for all.
--Brandon Swenson, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Return of Doctor X |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Horror film?
Yes
Horror Plotlets:
- mad guy with knife likes to slice
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- journalist
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- skinny (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Check here if B&W
Yes
Any profanity?
- None
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