I found "Footsteps In The Fog" a bit of a disappointment. It was handsomely mounted and with an attractive cast - maybe too handsomely mounted, as the film lacks suspense and tension, and is more of a melodrama than a thriller which is how the website classifies it. There is nothing sinister or compelling to the picture as the title would suggest.
Having said all that, I always liked Jean Simmons and Stewart Granger, two good actors who were man and wife in real life. She was too refined for her role here and his performance lacked the requisite menace of a double murderer. It could be the picture needed another director as Arthur Lubin was best-known for the Francis The Talking Mule series.
As is, I felt "Footsteps In The Fog" was another bland trudge through the landscape, which is a shame. It could have been a gripping Edwardian murder mystery. Maybe the title and the synopsis promised too much.
Having said all that, I always liked Jean Simmons and Stewart Granger, two good actors who were man and wife in real life. She was too refined for her role here and his performance lacked the requisite menace of a double murderer. It could be the picture needed another director as Arthur Lubin was best-known for the Francis The Talking Mule series.
As is, I felt "Footsteps In The Fog" was another bland trudge through the landscape, which is a shame. It could have been a gripping Edwardian murder mystery. Maybe the title and the synopsis promised too much.