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Titolo originale: The Dark Eyes of London

1939
Approved
1h 16min

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Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaInsurance agent-physician collects on policies of men murdered by a disfigured resident of the home for the blind where he acts as doctor-on-call.Insurance agent-physician collects on policies of men murdered by a disfigured resident of the home for the blind where he acts as doctor-on-call.Insurance agent-physician collects on policies of men murdered by a disfigured resident of the home for the blind where he acts as doctor-on-call.

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Bela Lugosi

Dr. Feodor Orloff…

Hugh Williams

Det. Insp. Larry Holt

Greta Gynt

Diana Stuart

Edmon Ryan

Lt. Patrick O'Reilly

Wilfred Walter

Jake
(as Wilfrid Walter)

Alexander Field

Fred Grogan

O.B. Clarence

Prof. John Dearborn
(voce)
(non citato nei titoli originali)

May Hallatt

Police Constable Griggs
(non citato nei titoli originali)

Bryan Herbert

Police Sgt. Walsh
(non citato nei titoli originali)

Arthur E. Owen

Dumb Lou
(non citato nei titoli originali)

Charles Penrose

Morrison - Undercover Detective
(non citato nei titoli originali)

Gerald Pring

Henry Stuart
(non citato nei titoli originali)

Philip Stewart

Scotland Yard Detective
(non citato nei titoli originali)

George Street

Scotland Yard Commissioner
(non citato nei titoli originali)

Julie Suedo

Orloff's Secretary
(non citato nei titoli originali)

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Quiz
The first British horror movie to be rated 'H' for horrific, which was brought in by the British Board of Film Censors in 1933 for films that were deemed too horrific for children under 16 to see after the early '30s Universal horrors shocked audiences.

Blooper
Holt tells the laboratory technicians that he wants to see the prints of the photographs, but is then given a negative to examine.

Citazioni
Diana Stuart: I can't! I daren't!
Det. Insp. Larry Holt: You'll dare. I've got to have sufficient proof that Dr. Orloff is a murderer and your father was his last victim.

Versioni alternative
When re-released theatrically in the UK in 1949, the BBFC made cuts to secure a 'A' rating. All cuts were waived in 1953 when the film was re-released theatrically with a 'X' certificate and later in 1993 when released with a 'PG' certificate for home video.

Connessioni
Featured in Creature Features: Horror Hotel/The Human Monster (1971)

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"Haven't You Heard Of The Sixth Sense Of The Blind?!"...

In London, five bodies have washed ashore on the Thames. Scotland Yard is baffled.

Simultaneously, Dr. Feodor Orloff (Bela Lugosi) is closing a sale on his latest life insurance policy. Orloff, a pillar of the community, also operates a home for the "destitute blind", overseen by the kindly Mr. Dearborn. We learn rather quickly that Orloff might not be as "compassionate" as he appears to be.

When the Yard comes calling, Orloff is all too happy to help. It seems that his customers are "coincidentally" the poor souls that have been found so waterlogged, lately! Can the police connect the dots before more deaths occur?

THE HUMAN MONSTER is the perfect Lugosi vehicle. It's a very dark crime drama, with mystery and a heavy dose of horror. Bela really plays up the sheer sadism of his part, coming off as utterly devoid of mercy or human feeling. Greed drives him, and any means is justified in securing what Orloff wants.

Special mention is due for Orloff's hulking, blind henchman, Jake (Wilfred Walter), who dominates every scene he's in. Orloff's creepy, zombie-like secretary (Julie Suedo) is also worth mentioning, as she stares impassively ahead, never saying a word.

Co-stars Hugh Williams as the intrepid D.I. Larry Holt, and Greta Gynt as the inquisitive Diana Stuart...