The Dark Eyes of London (novel)

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The Dark Eyes of London
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Author Edgar Wallace
Country United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreCrime
Publication date
1924
Media typePrint

The Dark Eyes Of London is a crime novel by the British writer Edgar Wallace which was first published in 1924. [1] An unbalanced doctor and his brother murder a series of wealthy men to benefit from their life insurance policies, using a charity for the blind as a front for their activities. The persistent Inspector Holt of Scotland Yard is soon on their trail. It was based on an earlier short story The Croakers which Wallace had written.

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Adaptations

The novel has twice been adapted into films. The first was a British version directed by Walter Summers, The Dark Eyes of London (1939), which turned Wallace's crime story into a more overt horror film. Due to its popularity there, this was the inspiration for a similar German remake, The Dead Eyes of London (1961), directed by Alfred Vohrer.

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  1. Richards p. 89

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