New York private detective Duncan "Mac" MacLain is blind but has keenly developed all his other senses. He pursues his work assisted by his faithful guide dog Friday, his butler, Alistair, and his assistant, Marty. Retired actress Norma Lawry, an old friend, comes to Mac seeking advice. Her headstrong 17-year-old step-daughter Barbara, herself a promising actress, is enamored with her leading man in a small theater production, the much older Lothario Paul Gerente. Paul, who had once been Norma's lover, has convinced Barbara that Norma actually wants Paul for herself and has only married her father Stephen for his money. At Mac's urging, Norma tried to reason with Paul, but he insists that he loves Barbara and laughs her off. Barbara is equally disdainful of her and agrees to meet Paul for dinner that night at his apartment.
Norma's husband Stephen Lawry is a scientist leaving that night on a trip to test a secret invention on which he has been working for the government and the war effort. Worried about Barbara, she uses a pretext not to accompany Stephen and goes to the apartment. When Barbara arrives, she finds Paul's dead body and thinks that Norma has killed him, even though Norma insists that he was dead when she arrived. Barbara threatens to call the police unless she leaves Stephen. Fearing that a scandal will hurt him, Norma agrees. Norma then turns to Mac, who goes to Paul's apartment with Friday and Marty, only to find the body and the rug under it missing. A man arrives to replace the rug and Mac hides in a closet, overhearing a telephone call to Norma's number from "Gabriel" to "Vera." Mac accidentally gives himself away, but with Friday's help overpowers Gabriel, who refuses to talk. Mac has Marty hide him to keep him under wraps.
Norma returns to her country home unexpectedly, which discourages an espionage ring that includes her butler, Hansen, from breaking into Stephen's safe and stealing his plans. They have killed Gerente, who was also an agent, and hidden the body. Mac arrives with Friday at Norma's house and pretends to be her curmudgeonly "Uncle Mac" who has come for a visit. His blindness lulls any suspicions Hansen might have about him. Shortly thereafter, Barbara comes home from an "emergency rehearsal", called to get her out of the house by her director, Cheli Scott, who inveigles an invitation to spend the night at the Lawry home. Unknown to Barbara and Norma, Cheli is the ringleader of the spies. Cheli ordered Paul killed because his affection for Barbara was beginning to limit his effectiveness, and she immediately suspects Mac is not what he seems.
Gabriel's wife Vera, the Lawrys' maid, is also a part of the plot. When Gabriel does not return home, Vera becomes hysterical with worry. Mac secretly asks Vera to meet him in the greenhouse, using her worry about Gabriel as a lure. She is observed by the others, however, and is killed by Hansen before she can reach Mac. The spies cut the house's telephone wires so that Mac and Norma cannot call the police, and Cheli has Mac locked up under guard. Using his blindness as a distraction, Mac overpowers his guard and releases Friday out a window with instructions to "go home and get Marty." Stephen arrives home and Cheli threatens his family if he does not give her the final step in creating his invention, which was not in the safe. Barbara finally realizes how much Norma actually cares for her. Mac tries to stall for time, but is locked in the cellar. When Hansen goes to kill him, Mac has broken the light bulb and his advantage of total darkness helps him overcome the spy. Marty and Friday return with the police. When Friday is spotted by a lookout, Mac overpowers him and is saved from being shot by another lookout by Friday. After the spies are captured, Stephen and Norma are off to Washington, D.C., with Barbara remaining behind to care for her new "Uncle Mac."
“我会去找你的。”
一言以蔽之就是，媳妇熬成婆，成婆不折磨的故事……
也有一些笑点 比如戴着辣椒圈奔跑的猪 辣子猪 还有辣子鸡和辣子驴；农妇生下孩子 “回玉米地去” 又心酸又有点戳笑点
多少人因为害怕被荼毒，而选择深柜结婚生子，就有多少家庭悲剧。
“做人不能什么都怕，尤其是自由！” 受到压抑和迫害的同性恋
《被遗忘的女巫的阴影》，十九世纪马其顿的农村风俗让人联想起果戈里笔下的小俄罗斯和托尔斯泰笔下的大俄罗斯
这剧本给我的惊喜程度不亚于当年的三块广告牌（不过三块广告牌是神啦）
男主和男二两次喝了同一瓶酒。
小森林式“自然主义”奇观？这和马力克有什么关系
喜欢，是女性成长电影。女主通过形塑自我感受万物，那种对生命与世界最原始的好奇几乎是流淌出来的，音画如诗。但真的莫名共鸣了《画皮》.....
一定要找到幕后使者
男主的搭档开头提到男主害怕血。、、?
好看！看之前还以为是晦涩冗长的大闷片，没想到节奏很抓人，破案和感情结合的很好，色调和光影也有质感，喜欢。
"My life is like a river.
不会出错的深刻论题 但拍的好没意思啊 为什么旁白不用镜头表现出来呢
“这里的每一个我 都想要双臂紧拥的男孩 把恐惧都驱赶” 泪了卧槽
现在是希望同性合法，但在以前同性恋本身就是一种罪恶，生活在那个年代的同志真的太辛苦了！btw，这一对cp感爆棚啊！
这男人想要的是女人眼里流出的液体。女巫刚变成人时晾晒衣服时把脸凑在衣服留下的水上，变成狗去窥探男人，进而变成男人。电影序幕比较长，过了很久才开始正题，有点耐心
最棒的还是中间那段派对时间。那个录像带那里我真的很好奇，为什么会是“深柜”。这让政治战争变成了内部战争。🙃🙃🙃扣一星
海报满分，犹如一本神秘小说的封面。电影三颗星。令人眼前一亮的女巫故事，或者说是一部披着恐怖片外衣的女性视角文艺片。奈何结尾稍显遗憾，走了“女本柔弱为母则刚”的路数，针对全片集中讨论的有关人在不同身份下的自我认同与外部世界联系这一话题，导演没能给出更具想象力的答案。
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