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Blind Major 
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Faces in the Dark (1960) |
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The owner of
a factory (John Gregson) turns down a take- |
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over. His
wife is unhappy and about to leave him. Then in a |
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laboratory
accident he is blinded. |
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The scene
jumps to his learning braille (very, very briefly), he |
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wears dark
glasses outdoors and he doesn't use a stick, or |
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guide dog.
His tactic is to walk around with his arms stretched |
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out. He has
scars around his eyes and worries he's ugly. |
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He's
impatient, bad tempered and rude to everyone. He's |
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also totally
arrogant thinking he is right about his business |
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venture when
everyone else disagrees. Oddly though this is |
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the most
important thing on his mind he and his wife are going to Cornwall
for a month. You know the plot is changing into a mystery when
she has had the phone disconnected. Her reason for
this is so he won't worry about business. |
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He begins to
have frequent dizzy spells and gets the |
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placement of
objects wrong about which he has been very |
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confident.
His response to most criticism is "I'm only blind, |
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Eventually
his wife tells him "the doctors were afraid he might |
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be affected
mentally." Which confirms his fears he might be |
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going mad.
Though the viewer suspects that the 'mistakes' |
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he has been
making have been set up. |
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There is an
odd twist to the plot involving his dissolute brother |
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who visits
and then dies. The brother is buried under his |
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name which
his wife explains is to prevent him being put in a |
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mental home.
Then when he runs away he discovers he is in |
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But don't
worry about understanding all of this. The script is |
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as fourth
rate as the acting, especially Gregson. This is a dull |
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film which
simply uses blindness as a plot device and makes |
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