This doom-laden tale takes film noir's "no exit" ethos to its illogical end in the story of an unhappy seer (Edward G. Robinson in fine form) who witnesses death all around him--before it happens. Night becomes the hunter when a young woman, convinced that Robinson's vision of her lying under the stars is a portent of death, determines to take her own life. The eerie score by Victor Young supports the mood of menace, but the uncanniest aspect of Night Has a Thousand Eyes is its utter realism; we have no choice but to believe in the powers of the cursed clairvoyant. Significant departures from Woolrich's original story have destroyed his delicate interweaving of obsessions leading inexorably to tragedy; but on a level of impure entertainment, this one is thoroughly enjoyable.