The Amazing Mr. X

The Amazing Mr. X, also known as The Spiritualist, is a 1948 thriller film directed by Bernard Vorhaus with cinematography by John Alton. Like the film noir Nightmare Alley released a year earlier, this film tells the story of a phoney spiritualist racket. The film (also sometimes called The Spiritualist) is prominently featured in Alton's book on cinematography Painting with Light.

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1948 - Bernard Vorhaus - Cinematography - John Alton - Nightmare Alley - Spiritualist - Painting with Light

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Dave Sindelar of Scifilm.org gave the movie a positive review on the strength of Bey's performance: "I have to admit that I was quite satisfied with the movie as a whole. In particular, I think this is may be the best performance I've seen from Turhan Bey; it's certainly a far more complex character than the ones he was usually given."

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