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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueA Roger Corman tale of Dr. James Xavier's devastating experiments on himself and the unforeseen.A Roger Corman tale of Dr. James Xavier's devastating experiments on himself and the unforeseen.A Roger Corman tale of Dr. James Xavier's devastating experiments on himself and the unforeseen.
- Récompenses
- 2 nominations
Diana Van der Vlis
- Dr. Diane Fairfax
- (as Diana van der Vlis)
Budd Albright
- Dance sequence
- (non crédité)
Leon Alton
- Casino Patron
- (non crédité)
Morris Ankrum
- Mr. Bowhead
- (non crédité)
Benjie Bancroft
- Dealer
- (non crédité)
George DeNormand
- Medical Board Member
- (non crédité)
John Dierkes
- Preacher
- (non crédité)
Bobby Gilbert
- Man Outside Office
- (non crédité)
Stuart Hall
- Casino Patron
- (non crédité)
Kathryn Hart
- Mrs. Mart
- (non crédité)
Ed Haskett
- Casino Patron
- (non crédité)
Jonathan Haze
- Heckler
- (non crédité)
Harvey Jacobson
- Casino Boss
- (non crédité)
Vicki Lee
- Young Girl Patient
- (non crédité)
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Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesTo create the effect of being able to see through a building, the director filmed the building while it was under construction.
- GaffesThe 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.
- Citations
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.
- Versions alternativesThrough an apparent lab error, some of the 16mm U.S. television syndication prints had the ending credits in Spanish.
- ConnexionsEdited into Gli ultimi giorni dell'umanità (2022)
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The Eye Of God
The sad thing about the film X is that it was 40 years ahead of its time. Roger Corman should have done this or even redone this film in the age of computer graphics. Maybe at a major studio perhaps.
But a major studio would never have taken a chance on a film like this. A science fiction movie without any horrific monsters or buckets of blood and gore, the moguls would reason who would want to see that? X could only be done at American-International Pictures and be done only with someone of the imagination of Roger Corman.
Ray Milland as Dr. James Xavier is a research scientist doing work in the field of vision. Dr. Frankenstein only wanted to bring life back from the dead. Milland wants to improve vision so that we see with the eye of God.
He develops a serum based on hormones and enzymes and you apply to the eyes. Milland sees things more clearly, but as was said in a film some thirty years after X, he can't handle the truth.
After accidentally killing a colleague friend in Harold J. Stone, Milland goes underground still continuing his experiments and working first at a carnival and then at a diagnostic/healer under the tutelage of Don Rickles. All the while colleague Diana Van Der Vlis is looking for him because guilty or not of the homicide of their friend Stone, Van Der Vlis believes in Milland and his work.
The climax of this film which takes place in a tent revival meeting is a sudden death one and unforgettable. Let's just say there are no good choices or fates left for Milland. And he's been given a clarity far beyond what any of these people in that tent can comprehend.
Don Rickles will surprise many with his performance as this bottom feeding carnival hustler at how good he is. Actually he's not wrong in what he sees as a practical solution for all concerned, hiding Milland from the authorities, making money, and allowing him to continue his research. But no proper doctor wants a partner like Rickles. It's like Colin Clive teaming up with Dwight Frye. Also in a small role at the end of the film is John Dierkes as the small time evangelist with the tent show. He's also quite good.
X does ask some interesting questions, much like the original Frankenstein movie. This film really deserves a remake.
But a major studio would never have taken a chance on a film like this. A science fiction movie without any horrific monsters or buckets of blood and gore, the moguls would reason who would want to see that? X could only be done at American-International Pictures and be done only with someone of the imagination of Roger Corman.
Ray Milland as Dr. James Xavier is a research scientist doing work in the field of vision. Dr. Frankenstein only wanted to bring life back from the dead. Milland wants to improve vision so that we see with the eye of God.
He develops a serum based on hormones and enzymes and you apply to the eyes. Milland sees things more clearly, but as was said in a film some thirty years after X, he can't handle the truth.
After accidentally killing a colleague friend in Harold J. Stone, Milland goes underground still continuing his experiments and working first at a carnival and then at a diagnostic/healer under the tutelage of Don Rickles. All the while colleague Diana Van Der Vlis is looking for him because guilty or not of the homicide of their friend Stone, Van Der Vlis believes in Milland and his work.
The climax of this film which takes place in a tent revival meeting is a sudden death one and unforgettable. Let's just say there are no good choices or fates left for Milland. And he's been given a clarity far beyond what any of these people in that tent can comprehend.
Don Rickles will surprise many with his performance as this bottom feeding carnival hustler at how good he is. Actually he's not wrong in what he sees as a practical solution for all concerned, hiding Milland from the authorities, making money, and allowing him to continue his research. But no proper doctor wants a partner like Rickles. It's like Colin Clive teaming up with Dwight Frye. Also in a small role at the end of the film is John Dierkes as the small time evangelist with the tent show. He's also quite good.
X does ask some interesting questions, much like the original Frankenstein movie. This film really deserves a remake.
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- Budget
- 250 000 $US (estimé)
- Durée1 heure 19 minutes
- Mixage
- Rapport de forme
- 1.85 : 1
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By what name was L'horrible cas du docteur X (1963) officially released in India in English?
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