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8 March 1941 (USA)
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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...
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Mystery starring Errol Flynn
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(Complete credited cast) | Errol Flynn | ... | Francis Monroe Warren II |
 | Brenda Marshall | ... | Rita Warren |
 | Ralph Bellamy | ... | Dr. R.L. Davis |
| Alan Hale | ... | Police Insp. Charles M. Mason |
| Lee Patrick | ... | Blondie White |
| Allen Jenkins | ... | Mr. Wilfred |
| Lucile Watson | ... | Mrs. 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 (as Jack LaRue) |
| Turhan Bey | ... | Ahmed |
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| George Campeau | ... | Burlesque patron (scenes deleted) |
| Sol Gorss | ... | Burlesque patron (scenes deleted) |
| Harry Seymour | ... | Straight Mmn (scenes deleted) |
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96 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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Finland:K-16 |
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The original play called "Katzenzungen" was written by Ladislas Fodor using the pseudonym W. George Selous. It was adapted into English by Bernard Merivale, with additional dialogue by Jeffrey Dell, and produced in London under the title "Blondie White."
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Gee Blondie, words come out of you just as beautiful as oil comes out of a derrick!
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References Brother Orchid (1940)
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Trade Winds
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"Footsteps in the Dark" is a 1941 film briskly directed by Lloyd Bacon. It stars Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Alan Hale, Lee Patrick, Lucille Watson, Ralph Bellamy, Allen Jenkins, William Frawley, and Turhan Bey.
Flynn plays an investment broker leading a double life as a mystery writer, the author of a book called "Footsteps in the Dark." Only his chauffeur knows the truth. When he becomes involved in a real-life murder, his situation starts to create havoc at home.
This is a pretty good mystery story, though one can figure it out fairly quickly, and it's enlivened by a wonderful cast. Flynn is delightful and funny, particularly when he's disguised as a Texas oil man, Tex. The unusual-looking Marshall is his frustrated wife and does a fine job, as does the tart-tongued Lucille Watson as his suspicious mother-in-law. Turhan Bey has a small part as a houseman, and he's very exotic. Hale and Frawley are the bumbling police.
All in all, good fun, and a nice departure for Flynn.