Eyes in the Night

Eyes in the Night is a 1942 American crime mystery Film Noir directed by Fred Zinnemann, based on Baynard Kendricks 1941 novel The Odor of Violets and starring Edward Arnold, Ann Harding and Donna Reed.

New York private detective Duncan MacLain Edward Arnold is blind but has keenly developed all his other senses. He pursues his work assisted by his faithful guide dog Friday, his butler, Alistair Mantan Moreland, and his assistant, Marty Allen Jenkins. Retired actress Norma Lawry Ann Harding, an old friend, comes to Mac seeking advice. Her headstrong 17yearold stepdaughter Barbara Donna Reed, herself a promising actress, is in an illfated romance with her leading man in a small theater production, the much older Lothario, Paul Gerente. Paul, who had once been Normas lover, has convinced Barbara that Norma actually wants Paul for herself and has only married her father Stephen for his money. At Macs urging, Norma tried to reason with Paul but he insists that he loves Barbara and laughs her off. Barbara is equally disdainful of her and agrees to meet Paul for dinner that night at his apartment.Normas husband Stephen Lawry Reginald Denny is a scientist leaving that night on a trip to test a secret invention on which he has been working for the government and the war effort. Worried about Barbara, she uses a pretext not to accompany Stephen and goes to the apartment. When Barbara arrives, she finds Pauls dead body and thinks that Norma has killed him, even though Norma insists that he was dead when she arrived. Barbara threatens to call the police unless she leaves Stephen. Fearing that a scandal will hurt him, Norma agrees. Norma then turns to Mac, who goes to Pauls apartment with Friday and Marty, only to find the body and the rug under it missing. A man Stephen McNally arrives to replace the rug and Mac hides in a closet, overhearing a telephone call to Normas number from Gabriel to Vera. Mac accidentally gives himself away but with Fridays help overpowers Gabriel, who refuses to talk. Mac has Marty hide him to keep him under wraps. ........

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