The Amazing Mr. X (The Spiritualist, 1948) | Directed by Bernard Vorhaus - Full Movie

On the beach one night, Christine Faber, two years a widow, thinks she hears her late husband Paul calling out of the surf...then meets a tall dark man, Alexis, who seems to know all about such things. After more ghostly manifestations, Christine and younger sister Janet become enmeshed in the eerie artifices of Alexis; but he in turn finds himself manipulated into deeper deviltry than he had in mind...

The Amazing Mr. X, also known as The Spiritualist, is a 1948 American horror thriller film noir directed by Bernard Vorhaus with cinematography by John Alton. The film tells the story of a phony spiritualist racket. The film is prominently featured in Alton's book on cinematography Painting with Light (1949).

The film stars Turhan Bey, Lynn Bari, Cathy O'Donnell, and Richard Carlson. Eagle-Lion Films signed a contract with Carole Landis for the part played by Bari, but Landis committed suicide a few days before filming began. The film is in the public domain.

Directed by: Bernard Vorhaus
Written by: Crane Wilbur, Muriel Roy Bolton, Ian McLellan Hunter
Produced by: Benjamin Stoloff
Starring: Turhan Bey, Lynn Bari, Cathy O'Donnell
Cinematography: John Alton
Edited by: Norman Colbert
Music by: Alexander Laszlo
Color process: Black and white
Production company: Ben Stoloff Productions
Distributed by: Eagle-Lion Films
Release date: July 29, 1948 (United States)
Running time: 78 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English