dbborroughs Review of Footsteps in the Fog

Footsteps in the Fog (1955)

Good thriller. I would have loved this more in black and white

[7/10 · 6 December 2009]

Stewart Granger poisons his wife but is found out by maid Jean Simmons who begins to play a deadly game of blackmail with her boss. Gothic color widescreen film noir set in the 19th century is a pretty good little thriller. Its nice to see Granger, normally the hero, and Simmons, forever the heroine playing against type. Its a good little film that only suffers because the film was made at a time when everyone was going for wide screen and color. The widescreen would have been fine, but the color seems to diminish things a bit. I think this would have bee better known had it gone for the black and white which the material cries out for. Worth a look.