Redwarmin This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

Borgarkeri A bit overrated, but still an amazing film

InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Abegail Noëlle While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

marym52 One of the many things I love about TCM is that it shows the big studio programmers that gave their character actors and up and coming stars a chance to shine.You can always depend on Edward Arnold giving a good performance-- including all the crooked politicians and irascible millionaires that were his bread and butter. But here he sinks his teeth into the role of a blind detective who is aided by a wonder of a seeing eye dog. Arnold is funny, clever, and charming throughout.The mystery, as many viewers note, is solved in Act Two. The film is mainly concerned with putting detective Duncan Maclain in a jam and seeing how he gets out of it and captures a Nazi spy ring.The cast is excellent and includes Anne Harding, Reginald Denny, Mantan Mooreland, and Friday the German Shepherd. Oops-- I almost forgot Donna Reed playing against type as a poisonous debutante! Arnold only made two of the Duncan Maclain films. Too bad-- I could happily sit through several more.

dougdoepke I don't know how many biscuits they paid the dog Friday, but however many, he deserved more. Breaking up a Nazi plot must have been tough for a German Shepherd, but he proves he's as American as any of us mixed breed humans. Still, it must have been tough ignoring the come-on from that sexy French Poodle. But then duty comes first, even for our four- footed allies.It's a tough bunch of Nazi spies, led by a woman (Emery) who could easily boss Hitler around. Naturally, they're after some secret gizmo that'll help them win the war. And only Friday and his blind owner are in the way-- now there's an imaginative variation on the amateur sleuth genre so popular at the time. Arnold's effective as the blind gumshoe, projecting enough dominant personality to compete with the bad guys. And being an MGM production, no corners are cut even though it's a b&w B-movie.Zinnemann directs with style and economy, showing why he's slated for bigger things. Then too, the visuals have an almost noirish look since Maclain works best in the dark. And who could overlook the lovely Donna Reed, even though her bumptious Barbara Lawry is a long way from Reed's usual sweetness and light. Anyhow, it's an entertaining, different kind of detective movie, even if the plot is a little stale.

blanche-2 Edward Arnold plays blind detective Duncan Maclain in "Eyes in the Night," a 1942 MGM film directed by Fred Zinnemann that has a lot of other familiar faces. Ann Harding made her return to the screen after a few years in this small film, playing the stepmother, Norma Lawry, of a young actress, Barbara (Donna Reed at 21), who's fallen in love with an older actor with whom Harding was once involved. She wants Mac to help her convince the actor it's best to steer clear of Barbara. Norma's husband is in Washington presenting a formula to the government that is critical to the war effort.Unfortunately, the actor turns up dead, and Barbara sees not only his dead body, but her stepmother, when she arrives at the man's apartment. Norma goes running to Mac for help. He sets out to find the killer, and it leads him into a web of espionage.Nice job by Zinnemann, who was just starting out, though he didn't like doing the film except for working with Ann Harding and Donna Reed. As others have mentioned, his pitch black gun battle with the only light coming from the fired shots is most effective and portends the great things to come from him. Overall, it's an okay story, well done.Edward Arnold does an excellent job (though Zinnemann said he kept blowing his lines) as the smart and likable blind detective, who is aided by an assistant (Allen Jenkins) and his dog Friday, who looks to be a German shepherd mix. Friday is unbelievable - what an actor and athlete! That dog had some training. Zimmemann didn't agree. Friday, who was descended from a silent dog star named Flash, apparently was only good for one take, becoming bored easily. In fact, Friday's only film appearances are in the two Duncan Maclain films. Besides Reed, one can spot Rosemary DeCamp as Vera the maid, Stanley Ridges as the butler, Stephen McNally as Vera's husband Gabriel, Mantan Moreland as Mac's butler, and I honestly thought Katherine Emery WAS Mercedes MacCambridge. Wow! Even the speaking voice. This was intended as a series for MGM, but the studio only made one other. Universal took the fat man detective series from the radio and made a film with J. Scott Smart with an early appearance by Rock Hudson directed by William Castle, but never followed it up. Nevertheless, there's something about these fat detectives, going back to Nero Wolfe, I guess, that's appealing.Enjoyable. Glad Friday was able to keep his date after all.

winner55 There's some gimmicky silliness in the film, especially the dog - but fortunately the detective's blindness is not used as a gimmick (except perhaps in a fight scene, which thus allows stalwart character actor Edward Arnold to exercise considerable acting muscle here - he does a splendid job - as does a young, energetic Donna Reed.The film has a professional polish to it. The pacing could have been a little swifter, but not by much; generally the tension is maintained throughout.Very much of its time, but worth preserving for strong performances and solid direction.