Take One False Step

Take One False Step

94 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller, Mystery | Aug. 14, 1949

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.

Take One False Step

94 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller, Mystery | Aug. 14, 1949

Take One False Step
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.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Universal International Pictures
Original title Take One False Step
Directors Norman Stuart, Chester Erskine
Writers Irwin Shaw, Chester Erskine, David Shaw

Cast

William Powell

as Andrew Gentling

Shelley Winters

as Catherine Sykes

Marsha Hunt

as Martha Wier

Dorothy Hart

as Helen Gentling

James Gleason

as Captain Gledhill

Felix Bressart

as Morris Avrum

Art Baker

as Henry Pritchard

Sheldon Leonard

as Detective Pacciano

Howard Freeman

as Dr. Markheim

Houseley Stevenson

as Montgomery Thatcher

Paul Harvey

as Mr. Arnspiger

Francis Pierlot

as Herbert Watson

Jess Barker

as Arnold Sykes

Mikel Conrad

as Freddie Blair

Tommy Ivo

as Harold (uncredited)

Enid Markey

as Clara (uncredited)

Maurice Marsac

as Louis (uncredited)

Dorothy Vaughan

as Leona (uncredited)

Vangie Beilby

as Old Lady at Lecture (uncredited)

Helen Crozier

as Maid (uncredited)

Marjorie Bennett

as Waitress (uncredited)

Tony Curtis

as Hot Rod Driver (uncredited)

Johnny Duncan

as Bellhop (uncredited)

Ralph Peters

as Portly Man (uncredited)

Sandra Gould

as Newspaper Girl (uncredited)

Ethyl May Halls

as Woman at Window (uncredited)

Jack Rice

as Good Humor Man (uncredited)

Harland Tucker

as Clerk (uncredited)

Jim Toney

as Bartender (uncredited)

Minerva Urecal

as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

Herbert Heywood

as Attendant (uncredited)

Charles Sullivan

as Truck Driver in Cafe (uncredited)

Leonard Bremen

as Truck Driver (uncredited)

Paul Brinegar

as Reporter (uncredited)

Frank Cady

as Reporter (uncredited)

Lyle Latell

as Reporter (uncredited)

Edmund Cobb

as Policeman (uncredited)

Charles Flynn

as Policeman (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton

as Policeman (uncredited)

George Lynn

as Policeman (uncredited)

Charles McAvoy

as Policeman (uncredited)

Brick Sullivan

as Policeman (uncredited)