1963 - X THE MAN WITH X RAY EYES - interesting AIP/Roger Corman science fiction film

Bringing it in under 90 minutes, Roger Corman shows what a little imagination and cleverness can do on a low AIP budget. 

Ray Milland past his leading man days  is the scientist who develops a drug that gives him X-Ray vision.  As silly as it sounds the premise plays out pretty well.  The film has it's small purpose in examining the situation of a man who invents a drug to give him a wider spectrum of vision but finds that it doesn't necessarily contribute to the betterment of mankind.

Since this is a Corman/AIP film, we do get the expected scene of Milland at a swinging 1960's party using his X-ray vision to stare at naked women dancing at a party, well as naked as you can get for a 1963 film anyway.

The film has a kind of biblical conclusion to it with Milland stumbling into a revival meeting in Nevada confronting the members with his vision of the universe.

Overall, pretty well done.

79 minutes