Doctor X is a First National/Warner Bros. horror and mystery film. Based on the play originally titled The Terror by Howard W. Comstock and Allen C. Miller, It was directed by Michael Curtiz and stars Lee Tracy, Fay Wray, and Lionel Atwill. The film was produced before the Motion Picture Production Code was enforced. Themes such as murder, rape, cannibalism and prostitution are interwoven into the story. The film is also notable as one of the last films made, along with Warners' Mystery of the Wax Museum , in the two-color Technicolor process. Black and white prints were shipped to small... towns and to foreign markets, while color prints were reserved for major cities. Doctor X is a mystery-horror film with tongue-in-cheek 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, New York. Reporter Tracy investigates a series of cannibalistic murders. Reporter Lee Taylor is investigating a series of pathological murders that have taken place over a series of months in New York City.
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| Release date: | August 3, 1932 |
| Directed by: | Michael Curtiz |
| Runtime: | 76 Minutes |
| Producer: | Darryl F. Zanuck, Hal B. Wallis |
| Editor: | George Amy |
| Music by: | Bernard Kaun |
| Cinematography: | Ray Rennahan |
| Screenplay by: | Robert Tasker, Earl Baldwin |
| Genre: | Thriller |