The synopsis of this film does not give a true précis of the plot.The point is that the murdered woman,played by a very young Coral Browne,is in fact the mistress of Raymond Massey.That explains why the police are after him.Massey's wife seems in the circumstances to be an awfully forgiving woman.The plot though is pretty dim.The murderer,Hudd,only strikes when there is a full moon because he cannot see very well at night.Since he is by his own admission a serial murderer it is surprising that this is not mentioned by the police.Also that this is not taken into account before Massey is arrested.Massey's performance is strange to say the least.He rather overdoes the acting,and gives possibly his worst film performance.Compare this with his performance as Abe Lincoln a couple of years later and you wouldn't know it was the same actor.
Review of Footsteps in the Sand
