| Eyes in the Night | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Fred Zinnemann |
| Produced by | Jack Chertok |
| Written by | Baynard Kendrick (book The Odor of Violets) Guy Trosper (screenplay) Howard Emmett Rogers (screenplay) |
| Starring | See below |
| Music by | Lennie Hayton Daniele Amfitheatrof |
| Cinematography | Charles Lawton Jr. Robert H. Planck |
| Editing by | Ralph E. Winters |
| Release date(s) | 16 October 1942 |
| Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
Eyes in the Night is a 1942 American mystery film directed by Fred Zinnemann based on Baynard Kendrick's 1941 novel The Odor of Violets .
Contents |
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 sister 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 into an Axis spy ring.
In the novel, Mac is a Government Intelligence Agent.