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Fred Zinnemann - Films of the late 1930s and 1940s

Who played the blind detective in Fred Zinnemann’s Eyes in the Night?

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Fred Zinnemann stands between Marlon Brando, left, in a suit, and Montgomery Clift, right, in a tank top, on the set of From Here to Eternity, with lockers in the background. — Fred Zinnemann (From left to right) Marlon Brando, Fred Zinnemann, and Montgomery Clift on the set of From Here to Eternity (1953).

In the 1942 film Eyes in the Night, directed by Fred Zinnemann, the role of the blind detective was played by Edward Arnold.1