Movie: Footsteps in the Dark

Top 10 Billed Cast

Errol Flynn
Errol Flynn

Francis Monroe Warren II, alias F.X. Pettijohn

Brenda Marshall
Brenda Marshall

Rita Warren

Ralph Bellamy
Ralph Bellamy

Dr. R.L. Davis

Alan Hale
Alan Hale

Police Insp. Charles M. Mason

Lee Patrick
Lee Patrick

Blondie White

Allen Jenkins
Allen Jenkins

Wilfred

Lucile Watson
Lucile Watson

Agatha Archer

William Frawley
William Frawley

Det. 'Hoppy' Hopkins

Roscoe Karns
Roscoe Karns

Monahan

Grant Mitchell
Grant Mitchell

Wellington Carruthers

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1941-03-08

  • Average

    6.818

  • Rating:

    3.4 starts
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    हिन्दीEnglish
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