

Footsteps in the Fog
1955-09-14 · 90 min · ★ 7.0
A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.
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- Directors
- Arthur Lubin
- Production companies
- Frankovich Productions
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Stewart GrangerStephen Lowry
Jean SimmonsLily Watkins
Bill TraversDavid Macdonald
Finlay CurrieInspector Peters
Ronald SquireAlfred Travers
Belinda LeeElizabeth Travers
William HartnellHerbert Moresby
Frederick LeisterDr. Simpson
Percy MarmontMagistrate
Marjorie RhodesMrs. Park
Peter BullBrasher
Barry KeeganConstable Burke
Sheila ManahanRose Moresby
Norman MacOwanGrimes (as Norman Macowan)
Cameron HallCorcoran
Victor MaddernJones
Peter WilliamsConstable Farrow
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