Dead Man's Eyes

Nov 10, 1944

1h 4m

★ 6.5

Murdered!... But his eyes lived to condemn his killer...!

Overview

Artist David Stuart is blinded by a jealous model whose portrait he is painting. His fiance's father generously offers his eyes for a sight restoring operation. There's only one hitch: Stuart has to wait until after the man dies. Not surprisingly, when the benefactor dies a very premature death, suspicion falls on the artist.

Genres

Thriller

Crime

Mystery

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

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Cast

David Stuart

Lon Chaney Jr.

Heather Hayden

Jean Parker

Dr. Alan Bittaker

Paul Kelly

Police Capt. Drury

Thomas Gomez

Dr. Sam Welles

Jonathan Hale

Dr. Stanley Hayden

Edward Fielding

Nick Phillips

George Meeker

Hayden's Lawyer

Pierre Watkin

Police Guard Moriarty

Eddie Dunn

Tanya Czoraki

Acquanetta

John Elliott

Allen Fox

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