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Footsteps in the Dark

Directed by Lloyd Bacon

ComedyMysteryCrime

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.

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Francis Monroe Warren II, alias F.X. Pettijohn

Brenda Marshall

Rita Warren

Dr. R.L. Davis

Police Insp. Charles M. Mason

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Friedrich Hollaender

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What is Footsteps in the Dark about?

Footsteps in the Dark is about 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.

Who directed Footsteps in the Dark?

Lloyd Bacon directed Footsteps in the Dark.

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