Footsteps in the Dark (1941)
Overview
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
Errol Flynn
Francis Monroe Warren II, alias F.X. Pettijohn
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
Roscoe Karns
Monahan
Grant Mitchell
Wellington Carruthers
Maris Wrixon
June Brewster
Noel Madison
Leopold Fissue
Jack La Rue
Ace Vernon
Turhan Bey
Ahmed
Wade Boteler
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Richard Cramer
Detective Bringing Vernon (uncredited)
Frank Faylen
Gus a Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Creighton Hale
Mr. Harlan (uncredited)
William Hopper
Police Secretary (uncredited)
Olaf Hytten
Horace the Butler (uncredited)Recommendations
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Clue
Fletch
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