夜之眼

简介

New York[ priv<ate detective Duncan Mac MacLain is bl=ind but h:= < as keenly d_/e>!.@v_el]o'/@ped all his other & se>[&nses. <!H=e *pursues !his wor?$<]k assisted by his fait?)hful gu
ide dog Frid#&ay, his bu<<tler,-=
 Alistair, and hi? s a`]ssistant, Marty. Reti.$^red actress Norma Lawry, an old friend, comes to Mac seek[(^ing advice. Her hea >dstrong 17-year-o-[.)l/;d @step-da/\-,ughter$+ B@>:arbara, /h#.@
;erself a promising a  >ctre'=ss,? is( enamo%]red * _!<with her leading man`: in a sm)all theater [productio",n, the much ol[#(der;@" Lothario,;! _/Paul Gerente. Paul, #?who had once` been Norma's lover, has convi.(nced Barbara t<at ^
(Nor<>m &)a actually w/$[an`/"t`s )=Paul for hersel=` f !$)and !\has =!only married her father $\S tephen=( f,$or his mone$\y. At Mac's urg!ing, Norma tr* $.
ied to r<eason]: ])with Pa.ul,\ # but h!]/"e ^;=i`)nsists *` that he!& "[loves B& arbara and l*<a%+@_
ughs her off. Ba rbara i,!s equally disda](i#;^nfu)l of\& her .and(/) ag @ree$s+ to meet %+Pa?ul for d#inne[@r tha:&t night at his ap,!\art>
!ment.　　Norma's hu.sb=)@+and Stephen!' Lawry \ ?i@>s [`!a ) scie %ntist l \eaving that night o"`n a t^]>rip to test a secre) t i \nve@nti+o @n (on which _`he has been working fo*[=r th'e#@] +%'government and t]=,he>[ war effor#t. Worried$ a"bout B"arbara, she uses a p;&<retext $<not to accompany Stephen a`nd goes to the apar_tment. When Ba&[rbara arrives$, she fin( 'ds Pa,ul's dead body and t%^
hi>@nk*\%s'
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[h;$at Nor
ma has ki ?.lled h?]im, even thoug<h Norm&<a insists that he was dead when she arriv#](ed#. Barb#ara t`hrea__ten*`s ="`to )#*@)ca/.ll the polic-e unless she leaves Stephe>! _n. Fearing that a s; c;[a@n^$dal will "(>hurt him, Norma agree;'s. * Nor$m((a then tu\; r__ns to/:* Mac,: who>&;; .+)/%goes t=(`o Pa\'ul's apartment with Fr,!id _!ay<! and Marty, only t_
o f
(;ind> the ((body]$ and th%@e <%rug und+er it <_missing. A man arrives =to replace^ the&& rug and _M ac hid'>``es in a clo$set, \overhearing a. te=lephone call to Norma's num/',ber: from Gabriel to Vera. Mac/ \ ]"acci\(%denta (lly gives himself $away, but with Fri da:@%=y's <-he[_)?lp o>ve,%#rpowers Gab
+riel, who re-$fuses
/(%to talk. ^)Mac ha$#s M<arty hide +&him to keep % h'@`=im und.e[$#r wr#` a&+>ps.　　No$>:rm[>]a ret*)urn+s to[ h*er cou!nt\ ry+] home u nex?pectedl.<?y, which discourages]" a\
;>)n ,$.espionage ring= that inclu,_des he];+ r butler, Hans<en, from bre $!+aking .- into Stephen[':\,s saf e ^and stealing hi)^='s pl @ans. They '.hav-e killed Ge%?rente, wh#!, ?o was a`+lso an agent, and <]hidd-[en th)e body. M<'ac a-rrives;("=
with Fri^"#day=! at Norma's h?ouse and pretends to be <*he();r ^?(curmudgeonly `

;Un=/ ^cle Ma)c w/ho has!- come for a:- v+!isi>^t.^_ H,]@is blindness lulls `any /& su]?$spicions Hansen mig"ht% have )!\about`<< him. 'Shor`tl)y the=reafter, +/ %Bar\'bara comes home from an /emergency $-_rehearsa!?l, cal led to get her o)ut of the house b/%y her direc#,tor, C';h^-+eli Sco&$t.+:t, who ?\-invei-gles ,an// invitation+.!$ @to-^ s"@ pend the night -at the Lawry ho=me*_. Unknown to Barb/ara
 and No/
-rma,),+ Che$:l]i(_ : <)is the r(ingleader of ;=the% sp%$%@ies. !.
)Cheli ordered Paul kill!%ed=_ becaus&>e hi_`s< affection/< :-
for Barba#&ra (<was beginn>\/in]&_g to l"&^imit 
his effec#? t#$i?^veness,+#
and sh:[;e immediate= ^
?ly su_ [/sp.]/ects Ma>-
c is not wh%[>at h_?(e se&e==ms.?
　@　Gabrie(> @l's wife Ver>a^:, the_# Lawrys' maid, i :s also a < #?part o>*^f t&he &plo!t. When Gabriel =does?& not r= \\et <$urn ho#me!!:", Vera beco[+ -mes hyst`er ;ical !with worry. Mac sec\retly!? asks Vera^*+ + to mee=$t him [ in <=the !g-^_reenh#[ous*  e,]'/
--using her worry(@ ab_,out Gabr)*iel !as a lure. She i!
"/s obs(\_erved by the others, however, and is kil+\"<[le]d b #y Han>? sen before : ,she ca`!+'?n^?( reach Mac. The spies %!cut the house;;+ 's telepho'>>ne wi-res' ['# s #:o that *Mac+ a/\!nd Norma ca#nnot @--call the ,police, an-[ -d* Chel/ ]i .^has'* +M& ac locked " up unde@r guard*- *. U]]sing his blindn.ess a=!\s a  :?distraction, +.=Ma/c_$ overpower%
s -;his guard and releases Friday ] out a "`'?win&#d " ow with i[+/ns+ %&tructions to g>@o h!ome`\# %and get Marty. Stephen^' ar%?rives home and Cheli ,  `thre+(a_tens his fami, ly i?]f =+ he ; <does' no:%t give her the #=final step_% in creating \ `his inve@ntion, *,which was no<t> in the s]afe. Barbara finall' :'y"% realizes h*%ow ^'much) Norma ac]tually cares% for h?$er. Mac t< &/ries to stall for time, [\but i-s l+oc=ked in ,$-the !.ce\:llar. When )?H:?ansen goes to &\kill *.h@^im, %/^Mac has^ broken &( ]the light bulb=[ and his _advanta)(;ge o*.f total darkn$"ess (
help/\+s `h@'im( overcom#e the spy. M*`arty and Friday return with the$< p&_= o$"^l&, @ice. W!?hen F',riday is? spotted by;<;* a $loo,kout, Mac ?_ove+r\powe ,rs h;(im )[and is sa;>#v^@ed( from being[@/ sho>[_\t by anothe<?r lookout +by$%' )Frid+>ay. +<>After the =^;spies ar,$e capture/(d, )?Ste:+:phen and $+ No_rma are o=ff to Washingto+<^n, D<>.C., with' Barbar=a rem@ain ing behind to c ):a\[r\'e 
for her[ new Uncle Mac.