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Footsteps in the Dark

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Footsteps in the Dark

6.8

1h 36m

1941

Synopsis

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.

Director

Lloyd Bacon

ComedyMysteryCrime

double lifeamateur detectivedentistmurder investigationburlesque dancer

Cast & Crew

Errol Flynn

Errol Flynn

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

Brenda Marshall

Brenda Marshall

as Rita Warren

Ralph Bellamy

Ralph Bellamy

as Dr. R.L. Davis

Alan Hale

Alan Hale

as Police Insp. Charles M. Mason

Lee Patrick

Lee Patrick

as Blondie White

Allen Jenkins

Allen Jenkins

as Wilfred

Lucile Watson

Lucile Watson

as Agatha Archer

William Frawley

William Frawley

as Det. 'Hoppy' Hopkins

Roscoe Karns

Roscoe Karns

as Monahan

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