Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948)
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Directors
John Farrow
Cast
Edward G. Robinson, Gail Russell, John Lund, Virginia Bruce
The story
Late one night in Los Angeles, oil geologist Elliott Carson witnesses his girlfriend, heiress Jean Courtland, attempt suicide by leaping before an oncoming train, but manages to stop her. Afterward, the two go to have dinner at a restaurant, where they encounter John Triton, an acquaintance of Jean who claims to be clairvoyant. Elliott accuses John of attempting to drive Jean to kill herself by foretelling her death, with the intention of stealing her fortune.
Genres
Film Noir, drama film, film noir
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