Footsteps in the Night (film)

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Footsteps in the Night
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Directed by Jean Yarbrough
Written by
Produced by Ben Schwalb
Starring
Cinematography Harry Neumann
Edited by Neil Brunnenkant
Music by Marlin Skiles
Production
company
Distributed byAllied Artists
Release date
  • April 14, 1957 (1957-04-14)
Running time
62 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Footsteps in the Night is a 1957 American film noir crime film directed by Jean Yarbrough and starring Bill Elliott, Don Haggerty and Eleanore Tanin. It was the last in a series of five films made by Allied Artists featuring Elliott as a police detective. [1]

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