Mr. X going astray
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Mr. X going astray |
| Original title | Footsteps in the Dark |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1941 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Lloyd Bacon |
| script |
Lester Cole , John Wexley , Jeffrey Dell |
| production | Robert Lord |
| music | Frederick Hollander |
| camera | Ernest Haller |
| cut | Owen Marks |
| occupation | |
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Mr. X on astray (Original title: Footsteps in the Dark ) is an American crime comedy directed by Lloyd Bacon from 1941. It is an adaptation of the play Blondie White by Ladislaus Fodor , Bernard Merivale and Jeffrey Dell.
action
Francis Warren is a well respected financial advisor. He successfully writes detective stories under the pseudonym FX Pettijohn. Only his chauffeur and his friend, the police inspector Mason, know of this secret double life. On a radio review, Mason tears up Warren's latest book, Mr. X going astray ”, which annoys him. When a man is found dead who had presented himself to the financial advisor the day before as a jeweler and a potential major investor, Warren wants to prove to the police inspector that he is the better investigator. Unlike Warren, the inspector doesn't believe in murder. Warren approaches the revue girl Blondie White in the role of a Texan oil baron, whom he believes to be the main suspect. However, she has an alibi: At the time of the crime, she was at the dentist Dr. Davis, who also confirms this.
Meanwhile, Warren's suspicious wife Rita becomes suspicious and, incited by her mother, hires a private detective. When he sees how Warren meets with Blondie, he believes in a relationship between the two. Then Warren gets a locker key from Blondie. A little later he finds stolen jewels in it. At the same moment she is murdered. Inspector Mason now suspects not only Warren of the murder, but also his wife Rita, who wanted to visit her supposed rival at the time of the murder and was seen at the scene.
Warren returns home in a hurry and tries to persuade Rita to leave so that she doesn't get arrested. When the police show up, he escapes and goes to the dentist, whom he has now recognized as Blondie's accomplice. There he pretends to have a tooth pulled and secretly exchanges the poison for water, which the doctor wants to inject instead of the anesthetic. When the police arrive shortly afterwards at the dentist, Warren is arrested. A short time later, however, the dentist can be convicted based on Warren's statement.
Reviews
"Criminalistic-cheerful adventures of a financial advisor who sets his ambition to play a detective", so the lexicon of the international film , whose final verdict was: "Grotesquely and fantastically told, with a star role for Errol Flynn." Prisma wrote, "Errol Flynn shines once more in the role of the charming daredevil and impostor, who twinkles his eyes and demonstrates the delights of a bourgeois doppelganger life ”. Lloyd Bacon's film "convinces with quick-witted dialogues and proves to be a timeless, enjoyable crime comedy with parodic elegance". Cinema found Mr. X astray "rather boring, despite the charismatic star".
synchronization
A German dubbed version was created in 1963 at Bavaria Atelier GmbH in Munich based on the dialogue book by Erich Ebert .
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Francis Warren | Errol Flynn | Erik Schumann |
| Rita Warren | Brenda Marshall | Margot Leonard |
| Inspector Mason | Alan Hale Sr. | Klaus W. Krause |
| Dr. Davis | Ralph Bellamy | Niels Clausnitzer |
| Blondie White | Lee Patrick | Maria Landrock |
| Wilfried | Allen Jenkins | Erich Ebert |
| Hopkins | William Frawley | Bum Kruger |
| Monahan | Roscoe Karns | Leo Bardischewski |
Web links
- Mr. X goes astray in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ See abrauchen.de ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Mr. X going astray. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed September 2, 2017 .
- ↑ See prisma.de
- ↑ See cinema.de
- ↑ Mr. X going astray. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on September 2, 2017 .
