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Agrega una trama en tu idiomaWealthy, heavily-insured men are being murdered at an alarming rate. Scotland Yard investigates and finds clues that lead to a ring of blind men, led by a mysterious "reverend."Wealthy, heavily-insured men are being murdered at an alarming rate. Scotland Yard investigates and finds clues that lead to a ring of blind men, led by a mysterious "reverend."Wealthy, heavily-insured men are being murdered at an alarming rate. Scotland Yard investigates and finds clues that lead to a ring of blind men, led by a mysterious "reverend."
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Anneli Sauli
- Fanny Weldon
- (as Ann Savo)
Ady Berber
- Jacob 'Der Blinde Jack' Farrell
- (as Adi Berber)
Manfred Greve
- Junger Polizist
- (sin créditos)
Günther Jerschke
- Polizeiarzt (German version)
- (sin créditos)
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In 1939 Bela Lugosi starred in Dark Eyes Of London.This is the West German version filmed in 1961.
Wealthy men are being murdered all over London.All indications point to an insurance scam and a home for the blind.But how can blind men be the killers of London?
The pace is frantic and you'll be guessing right up to the end.Only drawback is the villains lust for the heroine which is kind of goofy.
All in all a cut above the average Edgar Wallace thriller.
Wealthy men are being murdered all over London.All indications point to an insurance scam and a home for the blind.But how can blind men be the killers of London?
The pace is frantic and you'll be guessing right up to the end.Only drawback is the villains lust for the heroine which is kind of goofy.
All in all a cut above the average Edgar Wallace thriller.
Wealthy, heavily insured men are being murdered at an alarming rate. Scotland Yard investigates and finds clues that lead to a ring of blind men, led by a mysterious "reverend."
London has never been this creepy and foreboding as portrayed in this unusual Edgar Wallace thriller. The shadows and fog are intensely shot- and matching this are a host of creepy characters, mainly blind man Jack, a fiend who attacks and kidnaps insured men. With his ridiculously hairy arms and imposing the presence, he looks like an otherworldly ghoul. Speaking of ghouls, Klaus Kinski also stars, and plays a shady character. Which is a stock in trade for him. Joachim Fuchsberger is great in the lead as always, wry and on the ball as the inspector , and Karin Baal adds the glamour quotient and Krimi regular Eddi Arent lightens things with his fastidious police assistant character. It's a well-paced film, dripping with atmosphere, flourishing with stylistic touches and loaded with multiple twists.
London has never been this creepy and foreboding as portrayed in this unusual Edgar Wallace thriller. The shadows and fog are intensely shot- and matching this are a host of creepy characters, mainly blind man Jack, a fiend who attacks and kidnaps insured men. With his ridiculously hairy arms and imposing the presence, he looks like an otherworldly ghoul. Speaking of ghouls, Klaus Kinski also stars, and plays a shady character. Which is a stock in trade for him. Joachim Fuchsberger is great in the lead as always, wry and on the ball as the inspector , and Karin Baal adds the glamour quotient and Krimi regular Eddi Arent lightens things with his fastidious police assistant character. It's a well-paced film, dripping with atmosphere, flourishing with stylistic touches and loaded with multiple twists.
Interesting film with some really thoughtful details and noirish elements. The camera work was especially arresting with liberal facial close-ups and scenery that reminded me of "The Third Man". The story is interesting enough to keep the viewer occupied although the dialog dubbed from German to English was quite distracting. It would have been better to release it with subtitles. Part of its appeal was the diversity of the characters and the fact that the outcome was truly unexpected. It kept me guessing all the way up to the end like all good thrillers. On the negative side it dragged at times and some of the scenes, especially some with the Inspector's sidekick, seemed to have been inserted as fillers. Overall though I was pleasantly surprised.
Joachim Fuchsberger is the Scotland Yard inspector again, and Karin Baal the pretty girl who keeps showing up in this mystery about a series of accidental drowning victims, all of whom have insurance policies with Wolfgang Lukschy. Lukschy is being semi-blackmailed about his dead brother, so it all becomes murkier and murkier... and there's Klaus Kinski as a flunky who always wears sunglasses. Gotta keep an eye on him!
Some of these German adaptations of Edgar Wallace mysteries -- I looked at a dubbed version -- seem to spend their time confusing the audience with atmosphere. This one is just as obscure, but it seems to be better put together as a mystery. It's not a great movie, but as usual, it's a well-constructed time-waster.
Some of these German adaptations of Edgar Wallace mysteries -- I looked at a dubbed version -- seem to spend their time confusing the audience with atmosphere. This one is just as obscure, but it seems to be better put together as a mystery. It's not a great movie, but as usual, it's a well-constructed time-waster.
This is my favorite of the German-made Edgar Wallaces. Brilliantly directed by Alfred Vohrer, atmospherically photographed and luxuriously produced, it imaginatively maintains atmosphere and suspense right from its dramatically eerie opening to the shattering surprise finale. (In an article on Edgar Wallace in Films In Review, Jack Edmund Nolan maintains that the plot, characters and background are closer to Wallace's conception than the 1940 British version of the novel, starring Bela Lugosi).
It's hard to judge the quality of the acting from the dubbed edition, but the players do seem to acquit themselves well.
And for once the dubbed version runs longer than that released in the home country!
It's hard to judge the quality of the acting from the dubbed edition, but the players do seem to acquit themselves well.
And for once the dubbed version runs longer than that released in the home country!
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- TriviaFor the first time in Rialto's Edgar Wallace series, this black-and-white film featured colored opening credits with blood-red letters on a b/w background. This tradition was kept in the future with many different colors used. Until the late '90s, the colored opening credits were always shown in black and white on German television and were sometimes unreadable.
- ErroresWhen Flicker-Fred falls down the elevator-well, his scream lasts 6 seconds. This would be equal to a free fall of 176 meters.
- Versiones alternativasTill 2003 the opening credits of the movie were shown in black & white in TV. In the theatrical version and the TV versions since 2003 they show the opening titles in red.
- ConexionesFeatured in Monstrous Movie: Dead Eyes of London (1974)
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- Tiempo de ejecución1 hora 44 minutos
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