Footsteps In the Fog

Harry · Post by **Harry** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 8:00 pm

Just watched the last 45 minutes of a movie with that title. Missed the first part. It's a British movie and was on Turner Classic Movies.

It takes place in Victorian England where a man (Stewart Granger) kills his wife by poison and is blackmailed by his maid (Jean Simmons).

Good story, atmosphere and costumes.

mbhenty · Post by **mbhenty** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 8:10 pm

Harry I think I saw that one a while back. Was the killer a doctor? His wife much older than he was?

mbhenty · Post by **mbhenty** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 10:47 pm

No, no, that's not the movie Harry !

The one I am thinking about was British but I saw it on PBS.

The guy was a doctor and he was injecting his wife with morphine till she becomes an addict and dies. (since he was having an affair with a younger women etc.)

I also saw just part of it so can not recount what the outcome was. Perhaps someone here knows the movie.

Harry · Post by **Harry** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 11:03 pm

I never saw the wife in "Footprints..." as she was already dead when I tuned in. Don't believe he was a doctor, just some sort of upper-class gentleman.

MB, don't think I saw that one but do remember reading of a true-life case around the time of the Borden murders where a man OD'd his wife on morphine pills. Been meaning to re-find that case.

mbhenty · Post by **mbhenty** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 1:07 am

YES Harry, not familiar with that morphine pill case???? Will need to look into it.

But, I found that other movie I was talking about in the post above. It was called "malice and Aforethought"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0433411/usercomments

http://www.amazon.com/Mystery-Malice-Af ... 264&sr=8-1

mbhenty · Post by **mbhenty** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 11:49 am

Like you and your movie, I only saw a little of Malice and Aforethought, so cannot comment on it Harry. But, in one of the links I left, it did not get good reviews.

But, I love watching movies of Victorian Times especially the ones done by the British. They are so correct in there props, backgrounds, scenes etc. And I love British accents and life style, and since spending some time over in the UK, my favorite drinks are Tea and warm beer.

At times I will be writing or reading and my TV will be on in the background, usually to a PBS station, and I will be watching a British mini series or movie without the sound just as a distraction from what I am really doing.

Harry · Post by **Harry** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 6:07 pm

Yes, the Brits are masters at these type of movies.

While watching this movie I couldn't help but notice the remarkable resemblance between Jean Simmons and Vivien Leigh. The latter wasn't in it but they look like twins.

So I checked the movie data base to see if they were related but apparently not. Did find that Simmons was married to her co-star, Stewart Granger, at the time.

Kat · Post by **Kat** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:03 am

Did anyone see Persuasion on "Masterpiece" Sunday night? I just couldn't connect with the people who played the characters. I tried!

Angel · Post by **Angel** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:41 am

I liked it, but I thought the main character was rather watered down- she seemed so bland that I couldn't see why she captured his heart so completely. I thought the neurotic sister was very good though.

Kat · Post by **Kat** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:33 am

Yes you've got it exactly! That's what it was! It was the blandness and why was that attractive? Bingo- YAY!