Footsteps in the Fog

1955

1h 30m

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7.0/10

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

Directors

Arthur Lubin

Writers

Dorothy Davenport(screenplay by)

Lenore J. Coffee(screenplay by)

Arthur Pierson(adaptation by)

Stars

Stewart Granger

Jean Simmons

Bill Travers

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Stephen Lowry

Lily Watkins

David Macdonald

Inspector Peters

Alfred Travers

Elizabeth Travers

Herbert Moresby

Dr. Simpson

Magistrate

Mrs. Park

Brasher

Constable Burke

Rose Moresby

Grimes (as Norman Macowan)

Corcoran

Jones

Constable Farrow

Directors

Writers

Dorothy Davenport(screenplay by)

Lenore J. Coffee(screenplay by)

Arthur Pierson(adaptation by)

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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 a glass of something then a huge smile beams across his face - nope, I don't think he is too upset to be shot of her. Twists and turns ensue as housemaid "Lily" (Simmons) discovers that perhaps her death from gastroenteritis might not have been quite as the coroner was led to believe and she begins to impose herself - at some considerable peril - on her master. Thing is, her attempts at manipulation fall foul of one thing she hadn't quite bargained on - she falls in love and... It's a super watch, this - the costumes and sets are superb, as is the swirling score from Benjamin Frankel, and the direction from Arthur Lubin allows the two to play off one another like a couple of naturals. Occasionally we get to come up for air - in the form of distractions from Bill Travers and Belinda Lee, but essentially this is a cleverly crafted, suspenseful, two-hander that I still really enjoy.

Geronimo196714 Nov, 2022