''20,000 Eyes'' is a 1961 American

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directed by Jack Leewood, written by Jack W. Thomas, and starring

Gene Nelson Gene Nelson (born Leander Eugene Berg; March 24, 1920 – September 16, 1996) was an American actor, dancer, screenwriter, and director. Biography Nelson was born Eugene Leander Berg in Seattle, Washington. By 1924, he and his parents mov ...

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, Judith Rawlins and

Robert Shayne Robert Shayne (born Robert Shaen Dawe, October 4, 1900 – November 29, 1992) was an American actor whose career lasted for over 60 years. He was best known for portraying Inspector Bill Henderson in the American television series '' Adven ...

. The film was released on June 14, 1961, by

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Plot

Needing money in a hurry for a diamond-mine interest, investment broker, Dan Warren, embezzles $100,000 from client, Kurt Novak, a criminal himself ($ in dollars ). Novak discovers the theft and gives Warren five days to pay him back or else meet with an "accident." But Warren has another scheme in mind.

Cast

as Dan Warren *

as Karen Walker *

as Jerry Manning *

as Kurt Novak *Judith Rawlins as Girl *

as Police Lieutenant *

Paul Maxey Paul Regan Maxey (March 15, 1907 – June 3, 1963) was an American actor. Biography Born in Wheaton, Illinois, the rotund Maxey played character roles in films from 1937, notably as the composer Victor Herbert in ''Till the Clouds Roll ...

as Ryan *

Rex Holman Rexford George Holman (born 1935) is an American film and television actor and musician. Holman was born in Oklahoma. He began his screen career in 1959, appearing in the anthology television series '' The Millionaire''. In 1960, he made his f ...

as High School Boy *

Ollie O'Toole Ollie O'Toole (April 2, 1912 – February 25, 1992) was an American actor, comedian and impressionist. Biography Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania April 2, 1912. Around the year 1939, Horace Heidt recruited O'Toole to his orchestra. Ollie was an ...

as Moore *

Barbara Parkins Barbara Parkins (born May 22, 1942) is a Canadian-American former actress, singer, dancer and photographer. Early life Parkins was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. At the age of 16, she and her adoptive mother moved to Los Angeles, where she ...

as High School Girl *

Bruno VeSota Bruno William VeSota (March 25, 1922 – September 24, 1976)Truitt, Evelyn Mack (1984). Who Was Who on Screen'. New York: R.R. Bowker Company. p. 407. . was an American character actor, director and producer who, between 1945 and 1974, ...

as Museum Watchman *

Rusty Wescoatt Norman "Rusty" Wescoatt (August 2, 1911 – September 3, 1987) was an American supporting actor who appeared in over 80 films between 1947 and 1965. Early life The son of Mr. and Mrs. W.W. Wescoatt, he was born on August 2, 1911, in Maui, Hawai ...

as Policeman

Production

The film was announced in January, 1961, and

Daniel Ceccaldi Daniel Ceccaldi (25 July 1927 – 27 March 2003) was a French actor. He was born in Meaux, Seine-et-Marne, France. The mild-mannered Daniel Ceccaldi is famous as Claude Jade's father ''Lucien Darbon'' in François Truffaut's movies ''Stolen Kis ...

was originally sought for the lead role. Filming began in March, 1961 with Gene Nelson instead.

References

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* 1961 films 1960s English-language films 20th Century Fox films CinemaScope films American drama films 1961 drama films Films scored by Albert Glasser 1960s American films English-language drama films {{1960s-US-film-stub