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X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes

Original title: X
  • 1963
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 19m
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6.6/10
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Ray Milland and Diana Van der Vlis in X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)
A doctor uses special eye drops to give himself x-ray vision, but the new power has disastrous consequences.
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A doctor uses special eye drops to give himself x-ray vision, but the new power has disastrous consequences.A doctor uses special eye drops to give himself x-ray vision, but the new power has disastrous consequences.A doctor uses special eye drops to give himself x-ray vision, but the new power has disastrous consequences.

  • Director
    • Roger Corman
  • Writers
    • Robert Dillon
    • Ray Russell
  • Stars
    • Ray Milland
    • Diana Van der Vlis
    • Harold J. Stone
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    8.1K
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    • Director
      • Roger Corman
    • Writers
      • Robert Dillon
      • Ray Russell
    • Stars
      • Ray Milland
      • Diana Van der Vlis
      • Harold J. Stone
    • 105User reviews
    • 108Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 nominations

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    Ray Milland
    Ray Milland
    • Dr. James Xavier
    Diana Van der Vlis
    Diana Van der Vlis
    • Dr. Diane Fairfax
    • (as Diana van der Vlis)
    Harold J. Stone
    Harold J. Stone
    • Dr. Sam Brant
    John Hoyt
    John Hoyt
    • Dr. Willard Benson
    Don Rickles
    Don Rickles
    • Crane
    Budd Albright
    Budd Albright
    • Dance sequence
    • (uncredited)
    Leon Alton
    Leon Alton
    • Casino Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Morris Ankrum
    Morris Ankrum
    • Mr. Bowhead
    • (uncredited)
    Benjie Bancroft
    • Dealer
    • (uncredited)
    George DeNormand
    George DeNormand
    • Medical Board Member
    • (uncredited)
    John Dierkes
    John Dierkes
    • Preacher
    • (uncredited)
    Bobby Gilbert
    • Man Outside Office
    • (uncredited)
    Stuart Hall
    Stuart Hall
    • Casino Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Kathryn Hart
    • Mrs. Mart
    • (uncredited)
    Ed Haskett
    • Casino Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Jonathan Haze
    Jonathan Haze
    • Heckler
    • (uncredited)
    Harvey Jacobson
    • Casino Boss
    • (uncredited)
    Vicki Lee
    • Young Girl Patient
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Roger Corman
    • Writers
      • Robert Dillon
      • Ray Russell
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    • Trivia
      To create the effect of being able to see through a building, the director filmed the building while it was under construction.
    • Goofs
      The first x-ray that Dr. Xavier quizzes Dr. Fairfax with is normal chest x-ray. There is no bullet anywhere on that film. Bullets show up very well on x-rays.
    • Quotes

      Dr. Diane Fairfax: What do you see?

      Dr. James Xavier: The city... as if it were unborn. Rising into the sky with fingers of metal, limbs without flesh, girders without stone. Signs hanging without support. Wires dipping and swaying without poles. A city unborn. Flesh dissolved in an acid of light. A city of the dead.

    • Alternate versions
      Through an apparent lab error, some of the 16mm U.S. television syndication prints had the ending credits in Spanish.
    • Connections
      Edited into Gli ultimi giorni dell'umanità (2022)

    User reviews105

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    9/10
    X-Ray Milland
    Here is Corman at almost his best. Ray Milland was as good an actor as Vincent Price, and this story isn't trapped in the Poe mode of rotting flesh and dilapidated mansions. It's more in the manner of Corman's The Trip, which was made a few years later. Dr. Xavier discovers something that he can use to see through solid objects, but its effect is cumulative, and by the end of the movie he's seeing all the way to the core of reality.

    Of course, he has to go on the run, and must abandon his medical career. We see him in a carnival, reading peoples' thoughts, and later teaming up with his x girlfriend and going to Vegas and seeing through the cards and winning big, and finally, escaping from the police, and as he drives through the Nevada desert, we see that he can't see a thing. Abandoning his Lincoln Continental, he stumbles into a tent revival meeting. The preacher, played by Royal Dano(?)is telling his followers to throw Satan out. Filmed by Floyd Crosby, with beautiful special effects, this is a real piece of 60's film-making by one of the masters.
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    • RanchoTuVu
    • Jun 29, 2004

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    • Release date
      • September 19, 1963 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • L'horrible Cas du Docteur X
    • Filming locations
      • Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
    • Production company
      • Alta Vista Productions
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    • Budget
      • $250,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 19 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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