A Scream in the Dark is an American comedy crime mystery directed by George Sherman and written by Anthony Coldeway and Gerald Schnitzer in 1943.

The film stars Robert Lowery, Marie McDonald, Edward Brophy, Elizabeth Russell, Hobart Cavanaugh and Wally Vernon.

[4] Eddie and Mike, a pair of Brooklyn crooks, are running a detective agency as a scam and asking for payment in advance.

Mr Norton hires them to find his missing wife and pays $1000 upfront.

He is murdered soon after leaving and finding their receipt, the police interview the pair.