Eyes in the Night Page #6

Synopsis: Blind detective Duncan Maclain is visited by old friend Norma Lawry, looking for help in getting rid of one of her old beaus, who is courting Norma's 17-year old step-daughter. When the old beau is found murdered, Norma is the chief suspect until Duncan (aided by his guide-dog Friday) pays a visit to her home and uncovers a plot to steal her husband's military secrets for the enemy.
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Director(s): Fred Zinnemann
Production: MGM
 
IMDB:
6.8
PASSED
Year:
1942
80 min
180 Views


what you did with the body.

You ought to know better

Than to go around knocking

people's brains out, Gabriel.

What did he do to you,

steal a tire from you?

All right, see if I can guess.

You planned to kill

Gerente someplace else.

There was a sudden quarrel,

And you had to do it

here to shut him up.

You didn't want the body found here,

So you took it away in a rug.

You rang the bell that time, Mac.

Now maybe you'll tell us why you

didn't want the body found here.

No? All right.

That means I got to make a trip.

Friday...

go get the harness.

You take him up to our house.

Entertain him. Maybe you

can influence him to talk.

Friday.

Where you going? Up

to Norma Lawry's house.

Gabriel telephoned someone up there.

If you find out anything, call me.

Take me outside, Friday.

You can turn around now, Gabriel.

Oh, you got the hat, Friday?

There we are. Thank you, sir.

Is that guy blind?

Demoralizing, ain't it?

Why, Mrs. Lawry, I thought

you were going with Mr. Lawry.

I changed my mind at the last minute.

Is miss Barbara home?

No, madam.

Miss Cheli Scott phoned

a few minutes ago.

There's an emergency rehearsal.

Thank you, Hansen.

The lyrics are just novelty, but -

Novelty? They're tripe!

Here's miss Lawry, miss Scott.

Oh, hello, Barbara.

I'm sorry I'm late, Cheli.

That's all right, Barbara.

Come down here a minute. I

have something to tell you.

The rest of you can relax.

Come and sit down here.

Something unpleasant

has happened, Barbara.

Paul Gerente won't

- What about him?

He's quit the show.

He did? When?

He telephoned at 7:00.

He didn't give us a moment's notice.

He said he was going away for a while.

Barbara...

I know you were interested in him.

Perhaps it's just as well.

He couldn't be depended on,

And your new leading man

is a much better actor.

You have a brilliant career

ahead of you, Barbara.

You mustn't let anything

Come between you and the

realization of that career.

I'm very fond of you.

I want you to know

that what happens to you

Is of the deepest concern to me.

Thank you, Cheli.

All right, everybody, we'll

concentrate on the scenes

Between miss Lawry and Mr. Boyd.

Mr. Anderson, Mr. Bush,

We won't be getting to

you gentlemen tonight.

You can be dismissed.

Thank you, miss Scott.

All right, Mr. Boyd, start

with the scene in the garden.

Pick it up on "I'm afraid

I'll never understand, Peggy. "

Come in.

Well, is everything all right?

All set, captain.

How did the Lawry girl take

the story about Gerente?

There's no trouble.

Cheli will keep her

rehearsing till we're through.

Good.

Come on. Let's get started.

Shh! No noise. We've

got to work quietly.

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Guy Trosper

Guy Trosper (March 27, 1911 – December 19, 1963) was an American screenwriter. He came to prominence in Hollywood because of his scripts for two baseball movies: The Stratton Story in 1949, a big hit for James Stewart, and The Pride of St. Louis in 1952, for which he received an Academy Award nomination. This led him into a highly fertile creative period, during which he wrote the screenplays for Elvis Presley's breakout hit Jailhouse Rock in 1957, the complex western One-Eyed Jacks in 1961, and Birdman of Alcatraz in 1962, which he also produced. Trosper's last screenplay before his premature death was an adaptation of John le Carré's 1963 novel The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. The film was released in 1965; Trosper (posthumously) and co-writer Paul Dehn received a 1966 Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America, for Best Motion Picture Screenplay. more…

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