The Dark Eyes of London (film)

The Dark Eyes of London is a 1939 British horror film directed by Walter Summers and starring Bla Lugosi. The film is an adaptation of the 1924 novel of the same name by Edgar Wallace. The film is about a scientist named Dr. Orloff who commits a series of murders for insurance money, while periodically disguising himself as the blind manager of a charity to further his scheme.

In London, Dr. Orloff Bela Lugosi runs an insurance agency where he loans money in exchange for the assigning of life insurance benefits to himself of many of his customers policies. A resident of Orloffs under the name Dearborn home for the Destitute Blind is Jake, a tall, hideous brute, who murders on Orloffs behalf. Scotland Yard begins finding bodies in the Thames River. One of the dead men has a daughter named Diane Greta Gynt for whom Orloff obtains employment at the home for the blind. Suspicions begin to arise surrounding Dearborn and Orloff in relation to the dead bodies. Orloff sends Jake Wilfred Walter to kill Diane who has found out too much about them. When Orloff disappears, Diane finds one of her fathers cuff links in the home from the blind. Confronted by Diane, Dearborn removes his disguise to show himself as Orloff. Orloff traps Diane with a straightjacket and calls for Jake to finish the job. Jake refuses as he has found out that Orloff has murdered a blind friend of his. Jake turns on Orloff and throws him out of a window allowing him to sink in the mud below.Production began on The Dark Eyes of London in 1938. Actor Bela Lugosi sailed to England to star in the films dual role of Dr. Orloff and Professor Dearborn. The original novel has two Orloff characters but the films script combined them into one. When portraying the role of Dearborn, Lugosis voice is dubbed by O. B. Clarence. The day after Lugosi arrived on set, shooting began and lasteddays. Production ended on the film in 1939. ........

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