Dead Eyes of London (1961)
"Die toten Augen von London" (original title)

Wealthy, heavily insured men are being murdered at an alarming rate. Scotland Yard investigates and finds clues that lead to a ring of blind men, led by a mysterious "reverend."

Director:

Alfred Vohrer

Writers:

Edgar Wallace (novel), Egon Eis (screenplay),

Stars:

Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Baal, Dieter Borsche

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Joachim Fuchsberger	...	Inspektor Larry Holt
Karin Baal	...	Eleanor "Nora" Ward, geb. Finlay
Dieter Borsche	...	David Judd / Mr. Lennox / Reverend Paul Dearborn
Wolfgang Lukschy	...	Stephan Judd
Eddi Arent	...	Sergeant / Inspektor S. "Sunny" Harvey
Anneli Sauli	...	Fanny Weldon (as Ann Savo)
Bobby Todd	...	Lew Norris
Franz Schafheitlin	...	Sir John
Ady Berber	...	Jacob "Der blinde Jack" Farrell (as Adi Berber)
Harry Wüstenhagen	...	Fred "Flimmer-Fred" (German version) / Flicker-Fred (English version)
Rudolf Fenner	...	Matthew "Matt" Blake
Hans Paetsch	...	Gordon Stuart
Ida Ehre	...	Ella Ward
Fritz Schröder-Jahn	...	Sir John Archibald
Klaus Kinski	...	Edgar Strauss

Storyline

Wealthy, heavily insured men are being murdered at an alarming rate. Scotland Yard investigates and finds clues that lead to a ring of blind men, led by a mysterious "reverend."

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Plot Keywords:

scotland yard | blind | blind man | cult | murder mystery | 

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Taglines:

Danger lurks everywhere as killers seek their victims from every street, alley and doorway!

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Genres:

Crime | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

West Germany

Language:

German

Release Date:

12 October 1966 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dead Eyes of London

Filming Locations:

Hamburg, Germany

Company Credits

Production Co:

Rialto Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Klangfilm Eurocord-Magnetocord)

Color:

Black and White Color (opening credits)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

For the first time in Rialto's Edgar Wallace Series, this black-and-white film featured colored opening credits with blood red letters on a b/w-Background. This tradition was kept in the future with many different colors used. Until the late 90ies, the colored opening credits were always shown in black and white on German Television and were sometimes unreadable.

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Connections

Version of The Human Monster (1939)

User Reviews

Not at all subtle but I appreciate how different and exciting it was compared to other thrillers and horror films of the day.

"Dead Eyes of London" has some seriously creepy scenes. There's a chute that disposes bodies in river, two close-ups of dead people's faces and a guy falling to his death after a killer stomps on his hands that are holding on for dear life! This is NOT a typical Hollywood film as the American films of this era were a lot less visceral and violent--and the Germans made a scary one.

The film involves several killings that are somehow connected to a freaky reverend--a blind one who ministers to a flock of blind men. You aren't sure exactly how he and his ministry is involved through most of the film--but some of the baddies are hiding out in his home for blind men. One is the beastly looking killer who manages to look a lot like Tor Johnson--but a lot uglier! There also is a part by Klaus Kinski--who looks goggle-eyed and crazy throughout the movie. I could say more about the film, but it would spoil the suspense of this horror thriller.

Overall, while not a brilliant film (there are a few lulls here and there), it is very difficult not to be pulled into the film--mostly because it's so very brutal. Subtle it ain't--but it is exciting and very, very different.