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Originally published 1921 | 3.6/5 Goodreads | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Adaptations The Dark Eyes of London (1939) Genres Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Similar Edgar Wallace books, Mystery books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Dark Eyes Of London is a crime novel by the British writer Edgar Wallace which was first published in 1924. An unbalanced doctor and his brother murder a series of wealthy men to benefit from their life insurance policies, using a charity for the blind as a front for their activities. The persistent Inspector Holt of Scotland Yard is soon on their trail. It was based on an earlier short story The Croakers which Wallace had written.
Adaptations
The novel has twice been adapted into films. In 1939 a British version The Dark Eyes of London was made, directed by Walter Summers, which turned Wallace's crime story into a more full-blown horror film. In 1961 a German film The Dead Eyes of London, directed by Alfred Vohrer, was released – largely inspired by the earlier British film.