Footsteps in the Dark
(Pasos en la oscuridad)
(Usa, 1941) [B/N, 96 m.]
Género: Comedia, Misterio.
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Ficha técnica.
Dirección: Lloyd Bacon
Argumento: Ladislas Fodor, Bernard Merivale, Jeffrey Dell (teatro, "Blondie White").
Guión: Lester Cole, John Wexley.
Fotografía: Ernest Haller.
Música: Frederick Hollander.
Producción: Hal B. Wallis, Robert Lord.
Productora: Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.
Sinopsis: Francis Warren, un hombre de alta sociedad, tiene una doble vida. Escribe relatos de misterio, pero en su tiempo libre ayuda a la policía a resolver crímenes. Esto le causará una infinidad de problemas con su mujer, que quiere saber a qué se debe sus repentinas desapariciones y la llegada a casa a altas horas de la noche.
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 (IMDb).
AMG Synopsis: Footsteps in the Dark is a comedy/mystery, starring Errol Flynn as a wealthy investment counselor who secretly doubles as a dilettante detective, the better to write mystery novels. Brenda Marshall plays his wife, who can't understand why he is never home and begins to suspect hanky-panky. In fact, Flynn is investigating the murders of a jewelry smuggler and an exotic dancer. The trail of evidence leads to the Least Likely Suspect -- portrayed, as is often the case, by an actor who's always the one who "did it" in murder mysteries. Not nearly as funny a film as the producers seem to think it is, Footsteps in the Dark is an obvious attempt by Warner Bros. to create a "Nick and Nora Charles" team, in emulation of MGM's popular Thin Man series. Footsteps ends with wife Marshall vowing to join hubby Flynn in his next murder mystery, leaving the door wide open for a sequel...which was never filmed.
AMG Review: As a mystery, Footsteps in the Dark is only middling, but the presence of Errol Flynn in a rare comedic role raises it a notch. Certainly the ingredients are there for a promising film -- a wealthy, society-connected banker who spends his nights sleuthing and writing mysteries, all unbeknownst to his wife, who studiously disapproves of the books he publishes under a pseudonym. But Lloyd Bacon directs without a firm grasp of style, and the writers neither take full advantage of the comedic possibilities nor do their work well enough setting up a surprising mystery. Instead of coming together, all the ingredients float around separately, waiting for someone to find a way to make them fit into one film. None of this, fortunately, affects Flynn, who rises above the material and gives a deft, light performance that will surprise those who feel he can only do derring-do. Even better is Ralph Bellamy, whose villainy is nicely orchestrated. Brenda Marshall is fine as Flynn's wife, but can't overcome the poor writing that follows her character around. (The same goes for Lucile Watson.) Footsteps doesn't come together, but Flynn and Bellamy make it worth watching.
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Filmografía Errol Flynn (Actor)
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