Directed by:
John FarrowCinematography:
John F. SeitzComposer:
Victor YoungCast:
Edward G. Robinson, Gail Russell, John Lund, Virginia Bruce, William Demarest, Jerome Cowan, John Alexander, Ruth Roman, Margaret Field, Roman Bohnen (more)Plots(1)
A man who dreams of seeing the future discovers the horrible burden that it can carry in this film noir suspense story. Suicidal Jean Courtland (Gail Russell) is prevented from killing herself by her fiancée Elliot Carson (John Lund). When they consult psychic John Triton (Edward G. Robinson), he confesses that he used his powers to bring on her death. Years ago, Triton was a phony mentalist in a vaudeville act, but he began seeing genuine visions of the future, most of which portended tragic results. After a premonition of the death of his wife Jenny (Virginia Bruce) in childbirth, a terrified Triton went into hiding for five years; upon his return, he discovered that his wife had married Whitney (Jerome Cowan) shortly after John was declared dead...and she died giving birth. Years later, Jenny's child grew up to be Jean Courtland, and when Triton receives a vision of Whitney's death in a plane wreck, he rushes to California in hopes of stopping fate. However, he's foreseen a tragic future for both Jean and Whitney and is afraid of the agony that awaits them. The Night Has a Thousand Eyes was adapted from a novel by Cornell Woolrich. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Edward G. Robinson
Romania
Best movies:
Double Indemnity (1944)
Scarlet Street (1945)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Gail Russell
USA
Best movies:
Wake of the Red Witch (1948)
Angel and the Badman (1947)
The Tattered Dress (1957)
John Lund
USA
Best movies:
To Each His Own (1946)
White Feather (1955)
A Foreign Affair (1948)
Virginia Bruce
USA
Best movies:
Strangers When We Meet (1960)
The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
The Love Parade (1929)
William Demarest
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Mountain (1956)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Jerome Cowan
USA
Best movies:
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Shall We Dance? (1937)
John Alexander
USA
Best movies:
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Winchester '73 (1950)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
Ruth Roman
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Sacketts (1979) (TV movie)
Margaret Field
USA
Best movies:
Samson and Delilah (1949)
Carrie (1952)
The Big Clock (1948)
Roman Bohnen
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Of Mice and Men (1939)
Henry Guttman
Best movies:
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
The Big Clock (1948)
Houdini (1953)
Pat Flaherty
USA
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Frances Morris
USA
Best movies:
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
Caged (1950)
Conflict (1945)
Sam Harris
Australia
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Lester Dorr
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Minerva Urecal
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Destry Rides Again (1939)
Len Hendry
USA
Best movies:
Rear Window (1954)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
North by Northwest (1959)
Onslow Stevens
USA
Best movies:
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Counsellor at Law (1933)
When Tomorrow Comes (1939)
Richard Webb
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Out of the Past (1947)
Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
Edward Earle
Canada
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)