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Footsteps in the Fog

  • 7.0 /10

  • 45

Plot

A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.

Cast

Stewart Granger as Stephen Lowry
Stewart Granger

as Stephen Lowry

Jean Simmons as Lily Watkins
Jean Simmons

as Lily Watkins

Bill Travers as David Macdonald
Bill Travers

as David Macdonald

Finlay Currie as Inspector Peters
Finlay Currie

as Inspector Peters

Ronald Squire as Alfred Travers
Ronald Squire

as Alfred Travers

Belinda Lee as Elizabeth Travers
Belinda Lee

as Elizabeth Travers

William Hartnell as Herbert Moresby
William Hartnell

as Herbert Moresby

Frederick Leister as Dr. Simpson
Frederick Leister

as Dr. Simpson

Percy Marmont as Magistrate
Percy Marmont

as Magistrate

Marjorie Rhodes as Mrs. Park
Marjorie Rhodes

as Mrs. Park

Movie Facts

Rated

  • Approved

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • September 14, 1955

Production Companies

  • Frankovich Productions

Production Countries

  • United Kingdom

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $0.00

Revenue

  • -

Runtime

  • 1.50 hrs

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Reviews

The Interruption. Footsteps in the Fog is directed by Arthur Lubin and collectively written and adapted by Lenore J. Coffee, Dorothy Davenport & Arthur Pierson. It is based on the short story, The Interruption, written by Gothic novelist W. W. Jacobs. It stars Stewart Granger, Jean Simmons, Bill Travers, Belinda Lee and Ronald Squire. Music is by Benjamin Frankel and Technicolor cinematography…

I have always really enjoyed watching this film. It pairs Stewart Granger, at the top of his game, and his real life wife Jean Simmons and their chemistry is wonderfully effective in this aptly named dollop of Victorian melodrama. We start out on a rainy day in a London cemetery with Granger ("Lowry") burying his wife. He returns home, all doom and gloom, shuts his living room door, pours himself…