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Take One False Step

Is there a 'Cathy' in your past ?

Catherine Sykes disappears after a midnight drive with Professor Andrew Gentling . When she's presumed murdered, his friend Martha convinces him that he's a prime suspect and should investigate before he's arrested.

1h 34m1949NRTMDb 5.4

CrimeDramaMysteryThriller

English

Crew and Cast

Chester ErskineDirectorWilliam PowellWilliam PowellAndrew GentlingShelley WintersShelley WintersCatherine SykesMarsha HuntMarsha HuntMartha WierDorothy HartDorothy HartHelen GentlingJames GleasonJames GleasonCaptain GledhillFelix BressartFelix BressartProfessor Morris AvrumArt BakerArt BakerHenry PritchardSheldon LeonardSheldon LeonardDetective PaccianoHoward FreemanHoward FreemanDr. MarkheimHouseley StevensonHouseley StevensonMontgomery ThatcherPaul HarveyPaul HarveyMr. ArnspigerFrancis PierlotFrancis PierlotDr. Herbert WatsonJess BarkerJess BarkerArnold SykesMikel ConradMikel ConradFreddie Blair
Vangie BeilbyOld Lady at LectureMarjorie BennettMarjorie BennettWaitressLeonard BremenLeonard BremenTruck DriverPaul BrinegarPaul BrinegarReporterFrank CadyFrank CadyReporterEdmund CobbEdmund CobbPoliceman
Helen CrozierMaidJohnny DuncanJohnny DuncanBellhopAdolph FaylauerAdolph FaylauerBald Man at LectureSandra GouldSandra GouldNewspaper Girl
Ethyl May HallsWoman at WindowChuck HamiltonChuck HamiltonPolicemanHerbert HeywoodHerbert HeywoodAttendantTommy IvoTommy IvoHorace · Boy at RoadblockLyle LatellLyle LatellReporterGeorge LynnGeorge LynnPoliceman

Storyline

Catherine Sykes disappears after a midnight drive with Professor Andrew Gentling . When she's presumed murdered, his friend Martha convinces him that he's a prime suspect and should investigate before he's arrested.

  • Universal International Pictures

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Info

Status
Released
Released
14 August 1949
Runtime
1h 34m
Rating
NR
TMDB score
5.4 / 10 (18 votes)

Production

Director
Chester Erskine
Writers
David Shaw, Chester Erskine, Irwin Shaw
Studios
Universal International Pictures
Countries
United States of America

Languages

Original
English
Spoken
English