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The Dark Eyes of London

by Edgar Wallaceliterary work· published 1924

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The Dark Eyes Of London is a crime novel by the British writer Edgar Wallace which was first published in 1924. 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.

Adaptations (1)

The Dark Eyes of London was adapted into a 1939 film.

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    The Dark Eyes of London
    1939 · film · 73 min · dir. Walter Summers · IMDb ↗
    IMDb5.7

    Insurance agent-physician collects on policies of men murdered by a disfigured resident of the home for the blind where he acts as doctor-on-call.

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