Eyes in the Night

Blind detective Duncan Maclain gets mixed up with enemy agents and murder when he tries to help an old friend with a rebellious stepdaughter.

Cast

Edward Arnold

as Duncan 'Mac' Maclain

Ann Harding

as Norma Lawry

Donna Reed

as Barbara Lawry

Stephen McNally

as Gabriel Hoffman

Katherine Emery

as Cheli Scott

Allen Jenkins

as Marty

Stanley Ridges

as Hansen

Reginald Denny

as Stephen Lawry

John Emery

as Paul Gerente

Rosemary DeCamp

as Vera Hoffman

Reviews

John Chard

Now you are in my world-darkness! Eyes in the Night is directed by Fred Zinnemann and adapted to screenplay by Guy Trosper and Howard Emett Rogers from Baynard Kendrick's novel The Odor of Violets. It stars Edward Arnold, Ann Harding, Donna Reed, Stephen McNally, Katherine Emery, Allen Jenkins,...

CinemaSerf

This is quite an enjoyable thriller with a strong performance from Edward Arnold as "Jim McLain" - a blind detective who is sought out by his old pal "Norma" (Ann Harding) to try to help her put off one of her old boyfriends who is courting her 17 year old stepdaughter. When the cradle-snatcher is f...

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