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The Hidden Eye (1945)

• Director
  • Richard Whorf
• Writers
  • George Harmon Coxe(screenplay)
  • Harry Ruskin(screenplay)
  • Baynard Kendrick(based on the characters created by)
• Stars
  • Edward Arnold
  • Frances Rafferty
  • Ray Collins

  The Hidden Eye was the second of two MGM films featuring mystery writer Baynard Kendrick's blind detective Duncan McLain. As in Eyes in the Night, sightless sleuth McLain is played by Edward Arnold. This time, our hero tackles a series of murders apparently tied in with an ancient oriental cult. The one clue to the killer's identity is the scent of a rare Oriental perfume. Refusing to jump to conclusions, McLain, accompanied by his faithful seeing-eye dog Friday, meticulously follows the trail of evidence to the Least Likely Suspect. The finale finds the judo-trained McLain taking on his evil adversary; though it's obvious that stunt doubles are used, it's an exciting sequence all the same.