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* AlternateMonochromeVersion: [[ZigZaggingTrope It's complicated]]; the film was shot simultaneously in both black-and-white and two-color Technicolor cuts. When the movie saw syndication to TV in the 1950's, only the black-and-white version was present due to the color version appearing to have become lost, but a print was eventually found in 1978 and successfully preserved. For decades, this color version effectively became the definitive print of the film when it came to home media distribution, and it wasn't until 2021 that an HD restoration of the original black-and-white cut saw wider distribution as a Blu-Ray bonus feature.
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* OldDarkHouse: The second half of the movie takes place in Dr. Xavier's eerie, poorly-lit mansion in Long Island, where all the characters are stuck until they solve the mystery.
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* CreepyRedHerring: Every single one of the scientists seem ObviouslyEvil and have the trappings of stereotypical mad scientists, with the exception of Dr. Xavier himself. [[spoiler: This, naturally, may lead the viewer to predict that Xavier is the killer, but he's not: it was one of the weirdos after all.]]
* DemBones: Invoked, when Lee sees a skeleton apparently peeking at him around a corner. We then realize that it's actually being carried by one of the doctors, though Lee remains extremely shaken by the experience, and a few scenes later, starts talking to more skeletons as if they were alive.
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* DolledUpInstallment: The sequel, ''The Return of Doctor X'', was based on an unrelated short story. What ties the two films together is their AppliedPhlebotinum: synthetic flesh in the original and synthetic blood in the sequel.
* ElectricJoybuzzer: Averted. A handshake buzzer appears as a running gag (and is eventually even used as a weapon), but it's the realistic, mechanical kind.
* ElectricJoybuzzer: Averted. A handshake buzzer appears as a running gag (and is eventually even used as a weapon), but it's the realistic, mechanical kind.
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* DolledUpInstallment: The sequel, ''The Return of Doctor X'', was based on an unrelated short story. What ties the two films together is their AppliedPhlebotinum: synthetic flesh in the original and synthetic blood in the sequel.
sequel. There's also ''The Revenge of Dr. X'', which barely even qualifies as this trope.
* ElectricJoybuzzer: Averted. A handshake buzzer appears as a running gag (and is eventually even used as a weapon), but it's the realistic, mechanical kind. [[spoiler: It ends up serving as ChekhovsGun, giving Lee the edge to defeat the villain in a brawl.]]
* ElectricJoybuzzer: Averted. A handshake buzzer appears as a running gag (and is eventually even used as a weapon), but it's the realistic, mechanical kind. [[spoiler: It ends up serving as ChekhovsGun, giving Lee the edge to defeat the villain in a brawl.]]
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* LovableCoward: Lee.
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* LovableCoward: Lee.
%%* {{Lunacy}}Lee, though he ends up extremely brave in the movie's climax.
* {{Lunacy}}: All of the killings have happened on nights with a full moon, leading Dr. Xavier to believe that the moon is a trigger for the so-called "Moon Killer". Dr. Rowitz is also studying the psychological effects of the moon and the phenomena of lunacy, which he poetically describes as the counterpart to sunstroke.
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* {{Lunacy}}: All of the killings have happened on nights with a full moon, leading Dr. Xavier to believe that the moon is a trigger for the so-called "Moon Killer". Dr. Rowitz is also studying the psychological effects of the moon and the phenomena of lunacy, which he poetically describes as the counterpart to sunstroke.
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* NoPartyLikeADonnerParty: Implied to be part of two of the doctors' shared backstory.
* ObfuscatingDisability: The killer embodies this trope in spirit: [[spoiler:even though he really does have only one hand, he is able to easily produce a functional, living replacement]].
* PornStash: Haines's magazine of "French art," hidden in a book.
* NoPartyLikeADonnerParty: Implied to be part of two of the doctors' shared backstory.
* ObfuscatingDisability: The killer embodies this trope in spirit: [[spoiler:even though he really does have only one hand, he is able to easily produce a functional, living replacement]].
* PornStash: Haines's magazine of "French art," hidden in a book.
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* NoPartyLikeADonnerParty: Implied to be part of two of the doctors' shared
* ObfuscatingDisability: [[spoiler: The killer embodies this trope in spirit:
* PornStash: Haines's magazine of "French art," hidden in a book. This is meant to be a KickTheDog moment for him, establishing him as a pervert, though [[ValuesDissonance modern audiences]] would probably find his behaviour a lot more understandable.
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* DisabilityAlibi: Other characters determine that Wells can't be the killer because he only has one hand, which isn't consistent with the way the victims were strangled.
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* RedRightHand: Three of the five doctors have physical oddities that could potentially mark them as villainous: Haines wears a [[BeardOfEvil goatee]], Rowitz has a DuelingScar and a [[EyepatchOfPower dark]] [[HighClassGlass monocle]], and Duke [[EvilCripple uses a wheelchair and crutches]]. Of the other two, Xavier is ordinary-looking and Wells's one-handedness actually exempts him from suspicion.
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* RedRightHand: Three of the five doctors have physical oddities that could potentially mark them as villainous: Haines wears a [[BeardOfEvil goatee]], Rowitz has a DuelingScar and a [[EyepatchOfPower dark]] [[HighClassGlass monocle]], and Duke [[EvilCripple uses a wheelchair and crutches]]. Of the other two, Xavier is ordinary-looking and Wells's one-handedness actually [[DisabilityAlibi exempts him from suspicion.suspicion]].
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''Doctor X'' was shot in both black-and-white and Technicolor; it was one of the last films to use the two-strip Technicolor process. The color version was believed to be lost until 1978, when a print was discovered in Jack Warner's personal collection. This, in its restored form, is now considered the definitive print, and is the only version to be released on home video.
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''Doctor X'' was shot in both black-and-white and Technicolor; it was one of the last films to use the two-strip Technicolor process. The color version was believed to be lost until 1978, when a print was discovered in Jack Warner's personal collection. This, in its restored form, is now considered the definitive print, and is for over 30 years was the only version to be released of the film available until an HD restoration of the black-and-white version was included on home video.
the 2021 Blu-ray release as a bonus feature.
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* BullyAndWimpPairing: The servants have shades of this. Otto is a petty sadist who takes every opportunity to scare high-strung Mamie -- and then they're called on to reenact the killings together.
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* BullyAndWimpPairing: The servants have shades of this. Otto is a petty sadist {{sadist}} who takes every opportunity to scare high-strung Mamie -- and then they're called on to reenact the killings together.together.
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A 1932 mystery-horror-comedy film directed by Creator/MichaelCurtiz, starring Lee Tracy, Creator/LionelAtwill, and Fay Wray.
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A 1932 mystery-horror-comedy film directed by Creator/MichaelCurtiz, starring Lee Tracy, Creator/LionelAtwill, and Fay Wray.
Creator/FayWray.
