The Amazing Mr. X (1948)
Directed by Bernard Vorhaus · Cinematography by John Alton
Approved78 min44 frames
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In his eyes, the threat of terror! In his hands, the power to destroy!
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The Amazing Mr. X — official trailer
What is The Amazing Mr. X about?
On the beach one night, Christine Faber, two years a widow, thinks she hears her late husband Paul calling out of the surf...then meets a tall dark man, Alexis, who seems to know all about such things. After more ghostly manifestations, Christine and younger sister Janet become enmeshed in the eerie artifices of Alexis; but he in turn finds himself manipulated into deeper deviltry than he had in mind...
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What does the cinematography of The Amazing Mr. X look like?
Sampled across 43 frames, the coverage of The Amazing Mr. X leans on medium shots (63% of the sample) and close-ups (21%). Cinematographer John Alton keeps 74% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 86% of the frames. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 77% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1940s.
What is the color palette of The Amazing Mr. X?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Amazing Mr. X (1948) are #050505, #2e2e2e, #8c8c8c, #4c4c4c, #cecece, #6c6c6c — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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