Eyes in the Night (1942) [Crime] [Mystery]

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Captain Duncan “Mac” Maclain is a formidable private detective who happens to be blind; but his other senses are sharper than average. He copes with his sight deficiency by being accompanied by a dog named Friday and a human assistant named Marty.
Mac is asked by his friend Norma to break up a romantic relationship between her seventeen-year-old step-daughter Barbara and a fifty-year-old actor. Mac finds the lover has been murdered and detects his body has been removed from the scene of the crime. The murder leads him to an Axis spy ring.

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Directed by Fred Zinnemann, produced by Jack Chertok, written by Baynard Kendrick (book The Odor of Violets), Guy Trosper (screenplay) and Howard Emmett Rogers (screenplay), starring 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, Lawry’s butler, Reginald Denny as Stephen Lawry, John Emery as Paul Gerente, Rosemary DeCamp as Vera Hoffman, Lawry’s maid, Erik Rolf as Boyd, Barry Nelson as Mr. Busch, Reginald Sheffield as Victor, Steven Geray as Mr. Anderson, Mantan Moreland as Alistair, Duncan’s butler and Friday as Friday the dog.

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Source: “Eyes in the Night” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.. 3 July 2013. Web. 16 August 2013.

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24 Replies to “Eyes in the Night (1942) [Crime] [Mystery]”

  2. Not much I could say other than it was a slow starter even with Edward staring but it really started cooking when the dog Friday got more involved, just Loved it, What a great movie! God Bless You, and "Jesus Loves Everyone" Ask Him into You Heart Today! Don't wait till tomorrow Do It Now! Kiss, Kiss. http://www.sez33.com

  4. I think it just became my favorite line in movie dialog: " … he's upstairs trying to figure out the card trick I showed him."

  9. This was a GREAT movie. Suspense, Pace, Plot, Comedy, Acting, Hero's & Scoundrels & Man oh Man what a detective duo! And that Dog!!! Wow oh Wow. What A Dog! Thank you for posting it. Are there others?

  10. I'm sure Friday was very well trained, but I've got to wonder how many takes they had to do before he got it right. Not a bad movie but nothing special, except for the detective being blind.

  14. I am really sorry this wonderful film finished!! The marvellous Edward Arnold; the always entertaining –  Allen Jenkins – a very young Barry Nelson..What  a lineup!!! Cheers for our canine friend, Friday..(I don't like seeing animals do stunts…especially like those in this movie no matter how exceptional..) I wouldn't mind betting that this might have been a pilot episode with the hopes of a series…Something like The Thin Man!! Just as Apples  and Cinder Blocks said…I too will be returning to watch this delightful movie again!!  Thank you Timeless Classic Movies!! I'll be Back!!!

  16. Barry Nelson ( Mr. Busch) is the first one to play "James Bond" on screen in a 1954 adaptation of Ian Fleming's novel Casino Royale on the television anthology series Climax!, 8 years before Sean Connery ,with Peter Lorre as Le Chiffre, the villain, Barry Nelson on April 7, 2007, he was 89 years old

  17. Donna Reed (Barbara Lawry) was 21 years old when the movie was released in 1942, best know for her role as Mary Hatch Bailey in the movie "It's a wonderful life", with Jimmy Stewart. Shorty after the release of this movie, she married (1943 to 1945), make-up artist William Tuttle, then divorced in 1945 to marry producer Tony Owen, After 26 years of marriage, Reed and Owen divorced in 1971, 3 years later she married Ret. Col. Grover W. Asmus, They remained married until her death in 1986, Reed died of  pancreatic cancer in Beverly Hills, California, on January 14, 1986, 13 days shy of her 65th birthday

  18. Good one! Not often you see Donna Reed being a bad-ass! Loved the card trick…LOL, and the Shepard was amazing, jumping walls, going through windows, opening doors. Also, recognized some standard wrestling moves….nice to see that compared to just blowing people away…hate the fear and violence peddled in current day movies. Bottom line…movies are supposed to be for ENTERTAINMENT

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