Dead Man's Eyes (1944)
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Synopsis of Dead Man's Eyes
The third installment in Universal's low-budget "Inner Sanctum" mysteries, Dead Man's Eyes promises a great deal more than screenwriter Dwight W. Babcock can deliver. Lon Chaney Jr. stars as Dave Stuart, a struggling artist promising his fiancée Heather Hayden (Jean Peters) that he will marry her as soon as he finishes a portrait of beautiful Tanya Czoraki (Acquanetta). The jealous Tanya causes Dave to have an accident that blinds him. According to eye specialist Dr. Sam Welles (Jonathan Hale), Dave's sight can only be restored by a cornea transplant and Heather's father, "Dad" Hayden (Edward Fielding), promptly wills the unfortunate young man his own eyes. When Dad is found killed, Dave becomes the obvious suspect but Welles nevertheless goes ahead with the operation. Tanya, meanwhile, has her suspicions about the identity of the killer, but before she can reveal the name to Heather, she, too, is killed. Although the operation seems at first to have been a failure, Dave regains his sight just in time to unmask the killer, who is made to confess. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of Dead Man's Eyes
- Jean Parker - Heather Hayden
- Jonathan Hale - Dr. Welles
- George Meeker - Nick Phillips
- Eddie Dunn - Policeman
- Thomas Gomez - Capt. Drury
- Beatrice Roberts - Nurse
- Paul Kelly - Alan Bittaker
- Edward Fielding - Stanley Hayden
- Pierre Watkin - Attorney
- Acquanetta
- Lon Chaney, Jr. - Dave Stuart
- Director(s):
- Reginald Le Borg
- Writer(s):
- Dwight V. Babcock
- Producer(s):
- Will Cowan
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