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70% Critic Match
Footsteps in the Dark
7.0 / 10• 1941• 1h 36m•NR• English
ComedyMysteryCrime
Storyline
A high-society gent has a secret life - he writes murder mysteries and hangs out with the police attempting to solve crimes. This causes him no end of problems when his wife wants to know about his little disappearances and exceptionally late nights out.
Cast & Crew
Errol Flynn
Francis Monroe Warren II, alias F.X. Pettijohn
Lead
Brenda Marshall
Rita Warren
Ralph Bellamy
Dr. R.L. Davis
Alan Hale
Police Insp. Charles M. Mason
Lee Patrick
Blondie White
Allen Jenkins
Wilfred
Lucile Watson
Agatha Archer
William Frawley
Det. 'Hoppy' Hopkins
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Lloyd Bacon's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Footsteps in the Dark is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
