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The Night Has Eyes, released in the United States as Terror House by Producers Releasing Corporation and re-released in the US by Cosmopolitan Pictures in 1949 as Moonlight Madness, is a 1942 British thriller film directed by Leslie Arliss starring James Mason, Joyce Howard, Wilfrid Lawson, Mary Clare.[2] and Tucker McGuire. It is based on the 1939 novel of the same title by Alan Kennington.
The Night Has Eyes | |
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Directed by | Leslie Arliss |
Written by | Leslie Arliss John Argyle |
Based on | The Night Has Eyes by Alan Kennington |
Produced by | John Argyle |
Starring | James Mason Wilfrid Lawson Mary Clare Joyce Howard |
Cinematography | Günther Krampf |
Edited by | Flora Newton |
Music by | Charles Williams |
Distributed by | Pathé Pictures International |
Release date |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | £15,000[1] |
Two young female teachers travel to the Yorkshire Moors where their friend had disappeared a year before, and it is not long before they encounter a man they believe to be her murderer.[3] That night, a violent storm breaks out, and they become stranded in the house where they are staying.
Leonard Maltin called the film an "OK mystery";[4] Allmovie called it a "taut British chiller";[5] and TV Guide wrote "though melodramatic and soundstage-bound, Terror House is still quite effective and eerie. Fog covers almost every exterior; cinematographer Gunther Krampf spent long periods getting the artificial fog at just the right density...The final film was almost too effective, and after initially getting an A rating from the British censor and being booked on the biggest cinema circuit in Britain, the rating was suddenly changed to H (for "Horrific"), making it off-limits for anyone under 16 years of age. The big circuits had a policy of showing only A films, so the independent cinemas became the big winners, getting an excellent thriller starring Mason, Britain's top leading man at the time."[6]
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