Footsteps in the Night

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Footsteps in the Night

1957

1h 2m

5.3(11 votes)

Mystery

Crime

Overview

Two detectives investigate the strangulation murder of a man whom everyone seemed to like.

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23 members

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Bill Elliott

Andy Doyle

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Don Haggerty

Detective Sergeant Mike Duncan

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Eleanore Tanin

Mary Raiken

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Douglas Dick

Henry Johnson

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James Flavin

Mr. Bradbury

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Harry Tyler

Dick Harris

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Robert Shayne

Fred Horner

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Gregg Palmer

Pat Orvello

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Ann Griffith

June Wright

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John Bleifer

Diggins (Uncredited)

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Ray Walker

McCleary (Uncredited)

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Ralph Sanford

Bartender (Uncredited)

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Doug Andrews

Ted Laughton (Uncredited)

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John Breen

Salesman (Uncredited)

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Robert Carson

Captain Jim Halford (Uncredited)

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Bill Cassady

Morgan (Uncredited)

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John Close

Detective Mac McConnell (Uncredited)

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Michael Garth

Detective Rick Ferris (Uncredited)

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Don Marlowe

Uniform Deputy Wilson (Uncredited)

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David Orrick McDearmon

Dr. Green (Uncredited)

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David Showalter

Ed (Uncredited)

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Edna Skinner

Bus Ticket Saleslady (Uncredited)

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Forrest Taylor

Shaw (Uncredited)

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