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Director:
Walter Summers
Writers:
Edgar Wallace (novel) and
John Argyle (writer)
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Release Date:
24 March 1940 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Horror | Mystery | Drama more
Tagline:
Based on "The Dark Eyes Of London" By Edgar Wallace [Poster under title of The Human Monster]
Plot:
Insurance agent-physician collects on policies of men murdered by a disfigured resident of the home for the blind where he acts as doctor-on-call. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
Rather creepy little chiller more

Cast

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Bela Lugosi ... Dr. Feodor Orloff / Prof. John Dearborn
Hugh Williams ... Det. Insp. Larry Holt
Greta Gynt ... Diana Stuart
Edmon Ryan ... Lieutenant Patrick O'Reilly
Wilfred Walter ... Jake
Alexander Field ... Fred Grogan
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Dead Eyes of London (International: English title)
The Human Monster (USA)
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Runtime:
76 min | USA:73 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Canada:PG (Ontario) | West Germany:18 | Finland:(Banned) (1947) | Sweden:15 | UK:X (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) (1993)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The first film in Britain to receive the 'H' (for Horror) certificate. more
Quotes:
Dr. Feodor Orloff: You have been very foolish, Lou. You are blind, and you cannot speak. But you can hear - and that will never do! more

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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
Rather creepy little chiller, 26 January 2006
7/10
Author: Chris Gaskin from Derby, England

The Human Monster aka The Dark Eyes of London is a rather creepy little chiller with Bella Lugosi playing two roles in this.

Bela plays Dr Orloff as well as the manager of a blind peoples' home, where he dresses up as one of the residents and pretends to be blind. Its Dr Orloff who is killing people in London and he uses a disfigured man to do killings too. After trying to kill a young woman, the police eventually catch up with Orloff.

This movie is quite atmospheric and creepy but a little slow moving in parts.

Apart from Bela, the cast is mostly made up of unknowns including Hugh Williams.

If you are a fan of these kind of movies, you will enjoy this one.

Rating: 3 stars out of 5.

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