Footsteps in the Dark (1941)
- Directed by
- Lloyd Bacon
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 13 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A novelist who solves crimes as a hobby investigates a murder. He gets mixed up with suspects and a police detective.
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What happens
Footsteps in the Dark is a 1941 American comedy mystery film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall and Ralph Bellamy. It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. Flynn plays a novelist and amateur detective investigating a murder. It takes its title from the 1935 play Footsteps in the Dark by Ladislas Fodor and also used material from the 1937 play Blondie White by Jeffrey Dell. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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You're Out of Luck (1941)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.