Footsteps in the Dark

Footsteps in the Dark

96 mins | Crime, Comedy, Mystery | March 8, 1941

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.

Footsteps in the Dark

96 mins | Crime, Comedy, Mystery | March 8, 1941

Footsteps in the Dark
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures
Original title Footsteps in the Dark
Directors Lloyd Bacon
Writers Bernard Merivale, Jeffrey Dell, John Wexley, Lester Cole, Ladislas Fodor

Cast

Errol Flynn

as Francis Monroe Warren II, alias F.X. Pettijohn

Brenda Marshall

as Rita Warren

Ralph Bellamy

as Dr. R.L. Davis

Alan Hale

as Police Insp. Charles M. Mason

Lee Patrick

as Blondie White

Allen Jenkins

as Wilfred

Lucile Watson

as Agatha Archer

William Frawley

as Det. 'Hoppy' Hopkins

Roscoe Karns

as Monahan

Grant Mitchell

as Wellington Carruthers

Maris Wrixon

as June Brewster

Noel Madison

as Leopold Fissue

Jack La Rue

as Ace Vernon

Turhan Bey

as Ahmed

Wade Boteler

as Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Richard Cramer

as Detective Bringing Vernon (uncredited)

Frank Faylen

as Gus a Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Creighton Hale

as Mr. Harlan (uncredited)

William Hopper

as Police Secretary (uncredited)

Olaf Hytten

as Horace the Butler (uncredited)

Frank Mayo

as Joe a Cop (uncredited)

Jack Mower

as Police Sgt. Brent (uncredited)

David Newell

as June's Escort (uncredited)