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Night Has a Thousand Eyes

1948 · 81 min

A brooding, fatalistic noir that wraps you in dread as a haunted man tries to outrun the future he alone can see.

Directed by
John Farrow
Genres
Thriller, Mystery
Tagline
NEVER HAVE THE STARS LOOKED DOWN...ON AN ADVENTURE LIKE THIS !
Overview
When heiress Jean Courtland attempts suicide, her fiancée Elliott Carson probes her relationship with John Triton. In flashback, we see how stage mentalist Triton starts having terrifying flashes of true precognition. Now years later, he desperately tries to prevent tragedies in the Courtland family.

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Directed by
John Farrow
Genres
Thriller, Mystery
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • fate
  • death
  • obsession
  • guilt
  • deception
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror6
Humour1
Realism5
Romance4
Tension8
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Genres
thriller, mystery
Directed by
John Farrow
Written by
Barré Lyndon, Jonathan Latimer
Starring
Edward G. Robinson, Gail Russell, John Lund, Virginia Bruce, William Demarest, Richard Webb, Jerome Cowan, Onslow Stevens
Music
Victor Young
Cinematography
John F. Seitz
Runtime
81 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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