Philip Eaton is a passenger in a Pullman sleeping car headed to Chicago. However, he's not quite what he seems to be--he's actually Hugh Overton, who has just escaped from prison to clear himself after having been falsely convicted of murdering Matthew Latrone, a corrupt financier who cheated Hugh's mother out of her estate.
June Mathis
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The Kinetic Sophistication of Blind Man's EyesIn the nascent years of the American thriller, few films managed to synthesize the anxiety of the 'wrong man' trope with the claustrophobic tension of transit as effectively as Blind Man's Eyes. Directed with a keen eye for spatial dynamics and scripted by the legendary Jun...
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John Ince
John Ince
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"The Kinetic Sophistication of Blind Man's EyesIn the nascent years of the American thriller, few films managed to synthesize the anxiety of the 'wrong man' trope with the claustrophobic tension of transit as effectively as Blind Man's Eyes. Directed with a keen eye for spatial dynamics and scripted by the legendary June Mathis, this 1919 production transcends the simplistic moral binaries of its era. While many contemporary works like The Immigrant explored the external struggles of the displace..."
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