Eyes in the Night (1942)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.7/10   

Director:

Fred Zinnemann

Escritores:

Baynard Kendrick (book)
Guy Trosper (screenplay) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

9 agosto 1943 (Sweden)

Género:

Crimen | Misterio

Frase comercial:

A Dark Labyrinth of Terror...And Murder!!!

Plot:

A blind detective and his seeing-eye dog investigate a murder and discover a Nazi plot.

Plot Keywords:

Blind Detective | Nazi | Seeing Eye Dog | Murder | Dog

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Everyone needed for the war effort

Reparto

Edward Arnold	...	Duncan 'Mac' Maclain
Ann Harding	...	Norma Lawry
Donna Reed	...	Barbara Lawry
Stephen McNally	...	Gabriel Hoffman (as Horace McNally)
Katherine Emery	...	Cheli Scott
Allen Jenkins	...	Marty
Stanley Ridges	...	Hansen, Lawry's butler (as Stanley C. Ridges)
Reginald Denny	...	Stephen Lawry
John Emery	...	Paul Gerente
Rosemary DeCamp	...	Vera Hoffman, Lawry's maid (as Rosemary de Camp)
Erik Rolf	...	Boyd
Barry Nelson	...	Mr. Busch
Reginald Sheffield	...	Victor
Steven Geray	...	Mr. Anderson (as Steve Geray)
Mantan Moreland	...	Alistair, Duncan's butler

Duración:

80 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Clasificación:

Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #8622) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

Compañía:

Loew's

Trivialidades:

Some cast members in studio records/casting call lists did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were: Fred Walburn, Robert Winkler, Walter Tetley, Cliff Danielson and Frances Rafferty. In addition, a contemporary news item listed Hal Le Sueur and William Bailey as cast members, but they were not in the movie either.

Citas:

[talking to Duncan Maclain's dog]
Alistar: I'm off to the Harlem Squash and Tennis Club to meet my dream girl.
[Alistar opens the door and the dog flattens him to pursue a female canine in the street]
Alistar: Why, you wolf!

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en Personalities (1942)

Everyone needed for the war effort

Overcoming the fears connected with World War Two was indeed difficult for citizens who were not physically challenged. For those who were, it must have added yet another burden. Duncan Maclain (Edward Arnold) as a detective who is visually challenged leaves no doubt that he will indeed solve the a murder and uncover a Nazi plot. The only real mystery is how he will go about doing it. There is little question in this film that the Nazi spy ring is more of a threat to America than is the murder; in fact, the film could probably do well simply confronting the Nazi threat. The message is clear. If someone who cannot see can aid in the war effort, so can others. So much the better if one had Friday (his dog) to help in the attempt. In a word, Americans in 1942 were beginning to understand what the British had already learned, that, sooner or later, everyone would be needed for the war effort.