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Witness in the Dark


Date: 1959
Type: Murder mystery / Blind
Rating: 3 Stars 3/5
Colour: Black and White
Director: Wolf Rilla
Producer: Norman Williams
Comment/Synopsis
A blind woman (Patricia Dainton) discovers the murdered body of her neighbour and realises she met the killer on the stairs and touched his coat as the only clue to the killers identity. She works with the police (Conrad Phillips) to find the murderer. This is a low key psychological British thriller that revolves around the performance of Patricia Dainton as the blind victim with good support from Conrad Phillips as the policeman. This is about thr characters and a 1950's study of dealing with blindness.
Actors
Patricia DaintonPatricia Dainton
Conrad PhillipsConrad Phillips
Madge Ryan
Nigel GreenNigel Green
Enid Lorimer
Richard O'Sullivan
Stuart Saunders
Noel Trevarthew
Maureen O'Reilly

Oscars
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