Movie Review: X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes (1963)
Synopsis: Dr. James Xavier develops a serum that will increase human vision to allow people to see ultraviolet and X-ray wavelengths. With his primary sponsor threatening to shut down his research funding, Xavier takes the drastic step of testing the serum on himself, only to lose the funding anyway after it works too well, and he winds up hospitalized as a result. Soon after, he accidentally kills one of his colleagues and while a fugitive from the law attempts to raise money for further research by using his X-ray vision to pretend to be a mind reader, run an underground medical clinic and win money at a Las Vegas casino. Who's in it? The movie stars Ray Milland , Diana Van der Vlis , Don Rickles , John Hoyt and Harold J. Stone. Review: I came across the Roger Corman-directed X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes last night and thought it sounded interesting enough to give a try. After watching it this morning, I concluded it was an OK film, though maybe not quite what I was expec...