Faces in the Dark

Nov 22, 1960

1h 24m

★ 6.2

You know what they say, don't you? Only cats and blind men can see in the dark...

Overview

A businessman loses his sight in an explosion on the day his wife planned to leave him for another man.

Genres

Thriller

Mystery

Production Companies

Penington Eady Productions

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Cast

Richard Hammond

John Gregson

Christiane Hammond

Mai Zetterling

Max Hammond

John Ireland

David Merton

Michael Denison

Clem

Tony Wright

Janet

Nanette Newman

Miss Hopkins

Valerie Taylor

Emma is an attractive girl in her 20s who has been blind for 20 years. A new type of eye operation partially restores her sight, but she is having problems: sometimes she doesn't "remember" what she's seen until later. One night she is awakened by a commotion upstairs. Peering out of her door, she sees a shadowy figure descending the stairs. Convinced that her neighbour has been murdered she approaches the police, only to find that she is unsure if it was just her new eyes playing tricks on her.

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