夜之[眼

剧情简介

New : York pri
+vate detective Duncan ]+`^Mac MacL]^a,%,i^)n is  blin)/d b
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t has keenly deve,lo)#ped all his o, ther (\senses.? H`%;e pursue$.s^, h)*is work assis/ted by his faithful !)guid!e dog F`riday, h_is :;butle%\r, /Ali@`=stair, ,#(and h.is assis tant]), Marty:* @. Ret, +ir, )e:d actress ?N=orm%=a Lawr=y, an old friend, comes to Mac s:e)_eking advice. He=@r head ,
strong 17-`/?.year-. old st)!]ep-daugh++ter Barba ra, herself a pro?-#mising actre#ss, is enamore; #d with her leading ma(/n in a small theater production,[; the much !]. -/o*lde=?r Lothario Paul Gerente. Paul:\,] who had (once been No ,/rma's lover, has !@/c,=on%.vinced B@\arbara that Nor$?ma ?actually w/an!(@ts Paul-% =!.`fo)r !herself :]and -has only marr?##ied \;/her father Stephen for his%* mo#@.ney. At Mac's ur/-ging, Norma.  tried t, %o reason@ with Pau;;l, * but he in*sists that he! loves Barbara? and laughs+\ her o+ff. Barba$!/ra is equally* !_d / isd/ain!!(fu!: l of he r and a:grees to meet! Paul for din.`n,er `that nig`-h
-t  (at ^+ \his ap/
ar//^t$ment.　　N.+#%orma 's husb]^an d*:? Stephen- Lawry is a scient(ist leavin=[g t+
ha#t night on a trip ,to test a secre t ).inv`=`ention o`n w++@hich h?[e has_  been work`ing fo-@r the govern^@%ment and
)+(% t$ he /#war@ e#`=ffo!
rt. Worried about Barba= ra,* sh-e uses a pretext not to acco^*mpan_y Steph[
en an;_d g** oes( to +?the !]apart[m-ent. When Bar*.:bara %`=arrives, s`he finds: Paul='s_ (!%\dead body.`
\(and thinks that Norma has killed h im, e[?:+ven thou#@)gh Norma insists that he was dead wh(en she arrived . Barbara$=) threatens to #?-cal.[l the po%
lice unless she l+.eaves St_/ephe(/n. Fearing that: a sc-andal w;@ill ^ hurt *him, No:^rma agrees. Norma then turns t?!o;[/_ .Mac, who goes )
?t.o Paul's apartment with F )ri@day +%# and M^!=arty, only ?_=to find the#,(] body and th_ e rug under it mi\.s`sing -. A ma=.: n ar ``rives to r epla#(ce the ru%g%_ an):d @@;Mac h [ides_\, in a closet, overhearing a t#; -elephon=.e call
! to No?]\rma's number ^from Gab\-#_riel to Vera. Mac accidental ly give*+ s himsel..f away, b.=%ut! wit+h Friday's *(h
*?:elp overpowers Gabriel, who refuses to talk. Mac has Marty #hide )h\\im.! to keep h%;i];m u?(nd:er wrap$\s.)[　　Norm a r+?e)turns .t o h`e%;r coun()try ho)^.me unexp-ect;$edly,[ which !-($discourages an espionage ring that*] includes h*,er butler, Han=sen*/, f;rom;@ b. @(reak,.(ing into Ste[phe^n's safe) a@
n,.d s;tealing h is p(@la_\n $^s. T_-hey# have] ki:+lled= Gerente, w +ho was +also ?+$an ag ent, and `hi// ?dde n the body
. Mac arrives( with Friday at Norm,][a's house and p#/,_rete ,nds,^ to be her )^%
curmudgeo;nly ,Uncl`e Mac )#who has com$!e for a vis(__;it. His blindness l ulls[ * [.any suspic +i[_%
o!_ns Hansen mi#ght have ab^`o/ ut him. Shortly thereafter, Barb.ara.`; ,/,:comes h?ome f$(rom a$_n emergency rehearsal, calle d t-=o get`] her o.+_*ut -:of the hou \se b.y her dire@ ,ctor, Cheli Scott, who inveigles an invitation to spen@?`d the.] night a-t the Lawry home.)_ Unkn ow\@n to Barbara a]nd] Norma, :C*_+heli is the ri
=. ngleader of the. ;spies. C*.\h /[el]+i ordered Pau%\\l =:k]il(led because h. ^$is a#@ffection for Barbara was beginning to limit$- his effecti.?venes\=s, a [:nd she immediate*_,l)y suspect
,s Mac; is @not what h([e seems.[,#　　Gab?$).riel's wife Vera, the La@\wrys' ma%*!@id, is al` so a part )o/f the;; plot.* When Gabriel does not r e=tur.[ n home, Vera becomes hysterical wi!$th ^worr)y. Mac@` secretly asks Vera to \[meet him in the greenhous!e, using /her/ w)orry about G[abriel as] [a l,-%ure. She \i]$s /
;ob/serv!ed by t^;he others%:-, h!*owe:%ve=r, $and is killed *^by  Hansen before she:^ can #r[eac_#=h! M:ac. T-he spies _@cut# th-(]e house's t^!=elephone wires so t(+.hat Mac a_;*#nd Norma cannot :
c::,al-#$;l the polic+e, and =[Che-\l]i has Mac,]#, locked up un-der guard. [Using 
h$is bli% nd@ n
ess as ] a distra $ction, Mac overpower .s !h?]is guard and,%)( releases Fr=id%[a_,:;=y *out a window w_`it-(h in\str%[uctions t$]o go ho ^me and get Marty. Step,::hen^ ar`\\+rives ho/me an -d Cheli thr
\eatens his family if h^ e does not give her^= th;
e final s*!tep ,]@(in creating;, his i)@n v*/ention, wh\ich wa-s no _t in the safe. Barbara fin ally rea!*li  ?zes how m`u?;?c^h Norma actually cares fo)+r her./
 Mac tries @to */]stall for+$ *time, but is lo#cke.
#$d($ in the !ce//llar. @?When Hanse^)n goes t?@!:o` _, kill him-;+, Mac has broken the l^i(+ght bulb an+`(d h.is advant[\age of t=
otal) da ;[rkness h++elps him over(%com$e the spy. Marty.$ and` Friday return with \the police. When!^/ Frid%
ay /i!s spotted !b/_.y a !loo.kout, Ma+c overpowe!rs him and i )s s;^a)
=ved f% rom b .e[=ing 
_*sho\t by =? another lookout by Friday (. Aft,er`: the sp+ies are ca:!$[ptu ?red, S t
%ephen \%and .`Norma are o`ff to ?Washin@gton, D.C., with Barb$#!/ara r
ema)(inin
g behind% to$^ ca]re for he#r new Uncle Mac.