The Dead Eyes of London
6.4 /10 1 Votes6.4
Duration Country West Germany | 6.2/10 IMDb Genre Crime, Horror, Mystery | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 28 March 1961 (1961-03-28) Cast (Inspektor Larry Holt), (Eleanor "Nora" Ward, geb. Finlay), (David Judd aka Mr. Lennox / Reverend (Paul) Dearborn), (Stephan Judd), (Edgar Strauss), (Sgt. Sunny Harvay) Similar movies Mission: Impossible III , Daredevil , Dancer in the Dark , The King of Fighters , The Eye , Fragile | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Dead Eyes of London (German: Die toten Augen von London and also known as Dark Eyes of London) is a 1961 West German black and white crime film directed by Alfred Vohrer and starring Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Baal and Dieter Borsche.
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Plot
In this film, a series of murders of wealthy men leads investigators to a group of blind men with a mysterious leader.
Cast
Production
The film is based on the 1924 novel The Dark Eyes of London by Edgar Wallace which had been previously adapted into the 1939 British film The Dark Eyes of London, aka The Human Monster, introducing a number of horror elements which had not been in the original book. The British film had been released in Germany and proved popular. The German film is closer to being a remake of the earlier British film rather than a close adaptation of Wallace's novel.
The Dead Eyes of London was the first Edgar Wallace film to be directed by Alfred Vohrer who directed 13 more in the genre.
Reception
The FSK gave the film a rating of "16 and up" and found it not appropriate for screenings on public holidays. The film premiered on 28 March 1961 at the "Walhalla" cinema in Wiesbaden.
References
The Dead Eyes of London WikipediaThe Dead Eyes of London IMDb The Dead Eyes of London themoviedb.org