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2 January 1946 (Sweden) more
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New adventures of the blind detective and his seeing eye dog!
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Reasonable plot and it moves along more (7 total)

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Edward Arnold ... Capt. Duncan Maclain
Frances Rafferty ... Jean Hampton
Ray Collins ... Phillip Treadway
Paul Langton ... Barry Gifford
William 'Bill' Phillips ... Marty Corbett
Thomas E. Jackson ... Insp. Delaney (as Thomas Jackson)
Morris Ankrum ... Ferris (henchman)
Robert Lewis ... Stormvig (henchman)
Francis Pierlot ... Kossovsky (chemist)
Sondra Rodgers ... Helen Roberts
Theodore Newton ... Gibbs (chauffeur)
Jack Lambert ... Louie
Raymond Largay ... Arthur Hampton (as Ray Largay)
Leigh Whipper ... Alistair (valet)
Byron Foulger ... Burton Lorrison
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69 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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8 out of 9 people found the following review useful.
Reasonable plot and it moves along, 5 April 2002
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Author: jknoppow from Seattle, Washington

Capt. Maclain, the blind detective, is called in on a murder case by a young lady of his acquaintance, Frances Rafferty. She is about to be married to Barry Gifford; they've tried twice before, but her father wants them to wait. They hope that three times will be lucky. Father seems to be agreeable over the telephone, and he sets up a seven pm appointment for the two to come and talk it over. But when Barry gets there just a few seconds early, he finds his prospective father in law dead at his desk. He's been murdered and the suspicion of the police has fallen on young Barry. For the sake of young love, we hope that Maclain can prove the police wrong before the picture ends, but it looks very bad for Barry.

This is not an exceptional film, but it's better than average for a forties B and the acting holds up very well. The plot is a good one, although the number of good suspects is quite small and the film doesn't cheat. But I think that even if you do figure out who the murderer is early on, the situations and the well acted characters will keep you entertained.

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