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Footsteps in the Fog

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7.0/10 • 41

1955-09-141h 30m

ThrillerDramaCrime

CLOSE ENOUGH TO KISS...OR KILL!

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

Directors
Arthur Lubin
Editors
Alan Osbiston

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  1. Stewart Granger

    Stewart Granger

    Stephen Lowry

  2. Jean Simmons

    Jean Simmons

    Lily Watkins

  3. Bill Travers

    Bill Travers

    David Macdonald

  4. Finlay Currie

    Finlay Currie

    Inspector Peters

  5. Ronald Squire

    Ronald Squire

    Alfred Travers

  6. Belinda Lee

    Belinda Lee

    Elizabeth Travers

  7. William Hartnell

    William Hartnell

    Herbert Moresby

  8. Frederick Leister

    Frederick Leister

    Dr. Simpson

  9. Percy Marmont

    Percy Marmont

    Magistrate

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John Chard

Jun 4, 2015

8/10

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 by Christopher Challis. Stephen Lowry (Granger) is found by the house maid, Lily Watkins (Simmons), to have poisoned his wife. She promptly uses the information to blackmail Lowry. But with an attraction there they begin to have a relationship, however, motives and means are far from clear... A darn cracker of an Edwardian thriller that's redolent with Gothic atmosphere and film noir tints, Footsteps in the Fog also features nifty story telling that's acted considerably well by the then husband and wife team of Granger & Simmons. The plot features murder, betrayal and dangerous love, with warped psychology the order of the day, all done up splendidly in Technicolor by Powell & Pressburger's favourite cinematographer, Challis. Characterisations are deliberately perverse, Lily knows Stephen is a murderer, but is not afraid of him, she loves him on the terms of love that only she understands. Stephen is a dastard, dangerously so, but he's not beyond remorse either, and shows it. Both homme and femme are connivers, a recipe for disaster. These facts mark this particular coupling out as one of the most skew whiff in 50s thrillers. And thankfully when the denouement comes, it's a kicker, a real throat grabber that perfectly crowns this deliciously crafty picture. Support comes from a number of established British thespians like William Hartnel, Finlay Currie and Ronald Squire, while the art department have come up trumps for the period design. All told it's a film deserving of a bigger audience and easily recommended to classic melodrama/thriller fans. 8/10

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Status
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Original Language
English
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Keywords
victorian englandbritish noirmurder mystery