Night Has a Thousand Eyes

Night Has a Thousand Eyes
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJohn Farrow
Screenplay by
Based onNight Has a Thousand Eyes
by Cornell Woolrich
Produced byEndre Bohem
Starring
CinematographyJohn F. Seitz
Edited byEda Warren
Music byVictor Young
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release dates
  • September 17, 1948 (1948-09-17) (Exeter, England)
  • October 13, 1948 (1948-10-13) (New York City)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1.9 million[1]
Box office$1.5 million (U.S. rentals)[2]

Night Has a Thousand Eyes is a 1948 American film noir horror film[3][4] directed by John Farrow and starring Edward G. Robinson, Gail Russell and John Lund. The screenplay was written by Barré Lyndon and Jonathan Latimer. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Cornell Woolrich, originally published under the pseudonym George Hopley.[3] It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures.

  1. ^ Joseph W. Taylor, Staff Correspondent, "Biggest Film Firm: Paramount's Puzzler: Will Attendance Slide Be Brief or Prolonged?", Wall Street Journal (New York, N.Y.), 21 July 1947: 1.
  2. ^ "Top Grossers of 1948", Variety, January 5, 1949 p. 46.
  3. ^ a b Night Has a Thousand Eyes at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  4. ^ Bansak, Edmund G. (2003). Fearing the dark : the Val Lewton career. Jefferson, NC. p. 373. ISBN 978-0-7864-1709-4. OCLC 925376446.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)