---
title: 'Home Before Dark (1958)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Mervyn LeRoy'
released: '1958-11-16'
runtime_minutes: 136
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/home-before-dark-1958'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051732/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Home Before Dark (1958)

1958 · 136 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Home Before Dark is a 1958 American drama film directed and produced by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Jean Simmons, Dan O'Herlihy, Rhonda Fleming, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. The screenplay was written by Eileen and Robert Bassing, based on the novel by Eileen Bassing. The title song was written by Sammy Cahn with music by Jimmy McHugh.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Mervyn LeRoy](https://cinepixo.com/people/mervyn-leroy)
- **Producer:** [Mervyn LeRoy](https://cinepixo.com/people/mervyn-leroy)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ray Heindorf](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-heindorf)
- **Director of Photography:** [Joseph F. Biroc](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-f-biroc)
- **Editor:** [Philip W. Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-w-anderson)

## Cast

- [Joanna Barnes](https://cinepixo.com/people/joanna-barnes)
- [Marjorie Bennett](https://cinepixo.com/people/marjorie-bennett)
- [Efrem Zimbalist Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/efrem-zimbalist-jr)
- [Kathryn Card](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathryn-card)
- [Eleanor Audley](https://cinepixo.com/people/eleanor-audley)
- [Dan O'Herlihy](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-o-herlihy)
- [Rhonda Fleming](https://cinepixo.com/people/rhonda-fleming)
- [Joan Weldon](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-weldon)
- [Mabel Albertson](https://cinepixo.com/people/mabel-albertson)
- [Jean Simmons](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-simmons)

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