Footsteps in the Fog is a cat-and-mouse Victorian melodrama in the grand tradition. In London, scullery maid Lily Watkins (Jean Simmons) startles her employer, Stephen Lowery (Stewart Granger), by revealing that she knows he's responsible for his wife's recent death. Lily boldly insists that Stephen's wife left her jewels to her, and then appropriates her clothes and other items. Though Stephen is angered, he allows Lily's behavior and even starts an affair with her. Soon frustrated by her increasing hold over him, Stephen lashes out, but the ensuing turn of events stuns him. Filmed in appropriately dank Technicolor, Footsteps in the Fog is an unusual foray into Gaslight territory for director Arthur Lubin, normally a comedy specialist.


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