Footsteps in the Dark (film)

Footsteps in the Dark
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLloyd Bacon
Written byLester Cole
John Wexley
Based onFootsteps in the Dark
1935 play
by Ladislas Fodor
1937 play Blondie White by Bernard Merivale & Jeffrey Dell[1]
Produced byHal B. Wallis
Robert Lord
StarringErrol Flynn
Brenda Marshall
Ralph Bellamy
Alan Hale
CinematographyErnest Haller
Edited byOwen Marks
Music byFriedrich Hollaender
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • March 8, 1941 (1941-03-08)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Footsteps in the Dark is a 1941 American comedy mystery film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall and Ralph Bellamy. It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Flynn plays a novelist and amateur detective investigating a murder. It takes its title from the 1935 play Footsteps in the Dark by Ladislas Fodor and also used material from the 1937 play Blondie White by Jeffrey Dell.[2] [3]

  1. ^ "Edmond Pauker papers". Drs.library.yale.edu. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
  2. ^ Kabatchnik p.325
  3. ^ Goble p.122