Blind detective Duncan Maclain relies on his working senses to piece together an assortment of clues to solve a case of murder.Blind detective Duncan Maclain relies on his working senses to piece together an assortment of clues to solve a case of murder.Blind detective Duncan Maclain relies on his working senses to piece together an assortment of clues to solve a case of murder.
Thomas E. Jackson
- Insp. Delaney
- (as Thomas Jackson)
Raymond Largay
- Arthur Hampton
- (as Ray Largay)
Storyline
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- TriviaThe little black terrier who distracts seeing eye dog Friday in the scene where a truck nearly runs over Edward Arnold is one of the most famous canines in cinema history. Six years earlier, he had portrayed Toto in The Wizard of Oz.
- GoofsWhen Barry goes to turn on the lights in Uncle Rodney's office (about five minutes into the film), there is a slight delay between when he flips the switch by the door and when the lights come on in the room.
- ConnectionsFollows Eyes in the Night (1942)
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Reasonable plot and it moves along
Capt. Maclain, the blind detective, is called in on a murder case by a young lady of his acquaintance, Frances Rafferty. She is about to be married to Barry Gifford; they've tried twice before, but her father wants them to wait. They hope that three times will be lucky. Father seems to be agreeable over the telephone, and he sets up a seven pm appointment for the two to come and talk it over. But when Barry gets there just a few seconds early, he finds his prospective father in law dead at his desk. He's been murdered and the suspicion of the police has fallen on young Barry. For the sake of young love, we hope that Maclain can prove the police wrong before the picture ends, but it looks very bad for Barry.
This is not an exceptional film, but it's better than average for a forties B and the acting holds up very well. The plot is a good one, although the number of good suspects is quite small and the film doesn't cheat. But I think that even if you do figure out who the murderer is early on, the situations and the well acted characters will keep you entertained.
This is not an exceptional film, but it's better than average for a forties B and the acting holds up very well. The plot is a good one, although the number of good suspects is quite small and the film doesn't cheat. But I think that even if you do figure out who the murderer is early on, the situations and the well acted characters will keep you entertained.
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- jknoppow
- Apr 4, 2002
Details
- Runtime1 hour 9 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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