The Human Monster
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The Dark Eyes of London is a 1939 British
horror film
directed by Walter Summers and starring Béla Lugosi
. The film was adapted from a novel by Edgar Wallace
. It was released in Britain in December 1939. In the United States, it was released a year later as The Human Monster'.
In the end, Jake attacks him causing him to fall into quicksand where he screams while he drowns.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
horror film
Horror film
Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...
directed by Walter Summers and starring Béla Lugosi
Béla Lugosi
Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó , commonly known as Bela Lugosi, was a Hungarian actor of stage and screen. He was best known for having played Count Dracula in the Broadway play and subsequent film version, as well as having starred in several of Ed Wood's low budget films in the last years of his...
. The film was adapted from a novel by Edgar Wallace
Edgar Wallace
Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was an English crime writer, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and playwright, who wrote 175 novels, 24 plays, and numerous articles in newspapers and journals....
. It was released in Britain in December 1939. In the United States, it was released a year later as The Human Monster'.
Plot summary
In this murder mystery, Lugosi plays an evil insurance agent who, through a seemingly harmless association with an institute for the blind, kills his own clients and claims their insurance money.In the end, Jake attacks him causing him to fall into quicksand where he screams while he drowns.
Cast
- Bela LugosiBéla LugosiBéla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó , commonly known as Bela Lugosi, was a Hungarian actor of stage and screen. He was best known for having played Count Dracula in the Broadway play and subsequent film version, as well as having starred in several of Ed Wood's low budget films in the last years of his...
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... Diana Stuart - Edmon RyanEdmon RyanEdmon Ryan was an American television and film actor.-Selected filmography:* Gangway * Hey! Hey! USA * Murder in Soho * The Dark Eyes of London * Mystery Street * Two for the Seesaw...
... Lieutenant Patrick O'Reilly - Wilfred WalterWilfred WalterWilfred Walter was an English film and theatre actor. He was the son of the actor Richard Walter....
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