Wednesday 12 April 2023

The Spiritualist / The Amazing Mr. X (1948 Bernard Vorhaus)

A film which doesn't make much sense, written by Crane Wilbur, Muriel Roy Bolton and Ian McClellan Hunter (the front for Dalton Trumbo in Roman Holiday's credits).

Lynn Bari thinks she hears dead husband's voice coming from the beach. Meets a spiritualist Turhan Bey - in black tie on a beach? - who seems to know all about it. And though he's a big fake, he sucks in her sister Cathy O'Donnell too.

The dead man is Donald Curtis, the woman's rejected fiance is Richard Carlson.

Nicely photographed by John Alton.





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