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The Human Monster is a British film of genre Thriller directed by Walter Summers released in USA on 24 march 1940 with Bela Lugosi
The Human Monster (1939)
The Dark Eyes of London
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Add to a movie listThe Dark Eyes of London is a 1939 British horror film directed by Walter Summers and starring Béla Lugosi. The film is an adaptation of the 1924 novel of the same name by Edgar Wallace. The film is about a scientist named Dr. Orloff who commits a series of murders for insurance money, while periodically disguising himself as the blind manager of a charity to further his scheme.
It was released in November 1939 in Britain, where it became the first British film to receive the "H" rating for "Horrific". It was released in the USA in 1940 by Monogram Pictures under the title of The Human Monster.
Synopsis
In London, Dr. Orloff (Bela Lugosi) runs an insurance agency where he loans money in exchange for the assigning of life insurance benefits to himself of many of his customers' policies. A resident of Orloff's (under the name "Dearborn") home for the "Destitute Blind" is Jake, a tall, hideous brute, who murders on Orloff's behalf. Scotland Yard begins finding bodies in the Thames River. One of the dead men has a daughter named Diane (Greta Gynt) for whom Orloff obtains employment at the home for the blind. Suspicions begin to arise surrounding Dearborn and Orloff in relation to the dead bodies. Orloff sends Jake (Wilfred Walter) to kill Diane who has found out too much about them. When Orloff disappears, Diane finds one of her father's cuff links in the home from the blind. Confronted by Diane, Dearborn removes his disguise to show himself as Orloff. Orloff traps Diane with a straight-jacket and calls for Jake to finish the job. Jake refuses as he has found out that Orloff has murdered a blind friend of his. Jake turns on Orloff and throws him out of a window allowing him to sink in the mud below.Actors
Bela Lugosi
(Dr. Feodor Orloff / Prof. John Dearborn)
Hugh Williams
(Det. Insp. Larry Holt)
Greta Gynt
(Diana Stuart)
Wilfred Walter
(Blind Jake)
Alexander Field
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