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The Deceiving Eye

The Deceiving Eye

1955TV Episode
Drama
7.6
IMDB Rating
16 votes

To prove his point that eyewitnesses can't be trusted, a criminology professor joins in the police lineup where's he's frequently chosen as the guilty party. His theory is put to the test when he's identified as the man leaving th...

Director
Alvin Ganzer
Writers
DeWitt Bodeen, Jack Brandvein
Stars
Frank Lovejoy, Ann Robinson, Russ Conway
Release Date
January 30, 1955
Language
English
💬 2
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Frank Lovejoy
Frank Lovejoy
as William Fletcher
Ann Robinson
Ann Robinson
as Policewoman Merrill
Russ Conway
Russ Conway
as Bob Conan
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Jean Howell
as Mrs. Holmes
Hugh Sanders
Hugh Sanders
as Capt. Barnett
John Warburton
John Warburton
as District Attorney McHugh
James Seay
James Seay
as Major Holmes
Tommy Cook
Tommy Cook
as Frankie Coyle
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Buddy Mason
as O'Hara
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James Hayes
as Larry

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Production
Sharpe-Lewis

🎯 Categories

Drama

⭐ Featured Review

Enjoyable.
by planktonrules2015-07-11
8/10

"Although he's pretty much forgotten today, Frank Lovejoy played a lot of roles on 1950s TV--particularly hardboiled noir-types. Here he's not quite as tough but he's still very effective as a professor who gets himself into far more trouble than he'd anticipated. It all begins with the professor teaching his class in criminology. He contends that eyewitness testimony is very unreliable by staging a fake crime in front of the whole class and then taking their eyewitness accounts--and showing how widely their versions varied. He also likes pushing his claim by appearing in c..."

📖 Synopsis

To prove his point that eyewitnesses can't be trusted, a criminology professor joins in the police lineup where's he's frequently chosen as the guilty party. His theory is put to the test when he's identified as the man leaving th...