Les yeux d'un mort

Original title: Dead Man's Eyes

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Lon Chaney Jr., Acquanetta, Paul Kelly, and Jean Parker in Les yeux d'un mort (1944)

When an artist is blinded, his fiancée's father offers an operation to restore his sight. When the benefactor suddenly dies, the artist becomes a suspect.When an artist is blinded, his fiancée's father offers an operation to restore his sight. When the benefactor suddenly dies, the artist becomes a suspect.When an artist is blinded, his fiancée's father offers an operation to restore his sight. When the benefactor suddenly dies, the artist becomes a suspect.

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Lon Chaney Jr.

Dave Stuart
(as Lon Chaney)

Jean Parker

Heather Hayden

Paul Kelly

Alan Bittaker

Thomas Gomez

Captain Drury

Jonathan Hale

Dr. Welles

Edward Fielding

Stanley Hayden

George Meeker

Nick Phillips

Pierre Watkin

Attorney

Eddie Dunn

Policeman

Acquanetta

Tanya Czoraki

John Elliott

Travers the Butler
(uncredited)

Allen Fox

The Waiter
(uncredited)

David Hoffman

The Spirit of the Inner Sanctum
(uncredited)

Rex Lease

The Cab Driver
(uncredited)

Leslie K. O'Pace

George the Headwaiter
(uncredited)

Beatrice Roberts

Nurse
(uncredited)

Director
- Reginald Le Borg
Writer
- Dwight V. Babcock
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This was the third of the six films in Universal's INNER SANCTUM series released by Universal from 1943 to 1945. These films were derived from the popular radio program that aired on the NBC Blue Network from 1941 to 1952, for a total of 511 episodes (some sources say more).

Quotes
Captain Drury: Did you know that somebody stole Hayden's eyes just after Doc Welles removed them from the body?
Dave Stuart: No!
Captain Drury: They later turned up at the hospital, rather mysteriously. It's my opinion that Tanya took them... and that Bittaker got them from her and returned them.
Dave Stuart: But WHY?
Captain Drury: As long as you're blind, you remain dependent upon Tanya... and I think she rather likes it that way. She knows that if you regain your sight, she'll lose you to Miss Hayden. So she tried to prevent the operation, but Bittaker intervened and returned the eyes. He was afraid she might get into trouble, so he did it anonymously.
Dave Stuart: I don't believe it!
Captain Drury: It's a nice theory though, isn't it?
[Looks closely at the blind man's dark glasses]
Captain Drury: Well, you'll be seeing me.

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Featured in Svengoolie: Dead Man's Eyes (2016)

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Dead Man's Eyes (1944)

*** (out of 4)

Third in the Inner Sanctum series has a painter (Lon Chaney, Jr.) accidentally pouring acid into his eyes causing him to go blind. Soon he's suspected of killing his father in law, the man who was going to give him his eyes for a transplant. This is certainly the best of the three film's I've seen in the series due in large part to a pretty good screenplay that has plenty of twists and turns. I picked up on the ending ten minutes before it actually happened but the film still remained a lot of fun. Chaney also delivers a good performance.