The Mystery of Mr. X (1934)
- Starring:
- Robert Montgomery, Elizabeth Allan, (more)
- Director(s):
- Edgar Selwyn
Synopsis of The Mystery of Mr. X
MGM was seldom content to just film a mystery; the story had to be dressed up in some elaborate, unorthodox fashion. Mystery of Mr. X is given an additional visual boost by setting the story in 19th century London, allowing for a full array of the costumes and plush backgrounds of the era and locale. Robert Montgomery is an elegant jewel thief who happens to be working the same territory where a mysterious murderer has struck. Montgomery deduces that the killer, whose victims are all constables, is operating in a pattern resembling the letter "X". To avoid being mistakenly arrested as the murderer, Montgomery endeavors to second-guess where the killer will strike next--and then lies in wait to trap Mister X himself. Adapted from a novel by Philip MacDonald, Mystery of Mr. X was remade in 1952 as The Hour of Thirteen. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Mystery of Mr. X
- Robert Montgomery - Nicholas Revel
- Ralph Forbes - Sir Christopher Marche
- Forrester Harvey - Palmer
- Leonard Mudie - Mr. X
- Charles Irwin - Willis
- Norman Ainsley
- Clive Morgan - Blanchard
- Richard Lancaster
- Douglas Gordon - Court Clerk
- Pat Somerset - Bit
- Eric Wilton - Butler
- William Stack - Travers Gordon
- Pearl Varvell - Barmaid
- Pat Moriarity - Policeman
- Colin Kenny - Constable
- Victor Gammon
- Elizabeth Allan - Jane Frensham
- Henry Stephenson - Sir Herbert Frensham
- Ivan Simpson - Hutchinson
- Alec B. Francis - Judge Malpas
- Robert A'Dair
- Claude King - Cummings
- C. Montague Shaw - Doctor
- Alfred Cross
- Harrington Reynolds - Motor Cop
- Ray Milland - Forbes
- Lewis Stone - Inspector Connor
- John Power - Bobbie
- Henry Mowbray - Detective
- Raymond Lawrence - Padgot
- Olaf Hytten
- Barlowe Borland - Headwaiter
- Director(s):
- Edgar Selwyn
- Writer(s):
- Howard Emmet Rogers, Philip MacDonald, Monckton Hoffe
- Producer(s):
- Lawrence Weingarten
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