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Take One False Step

5.419491h 34mNRMovieCrimeDramaMystery

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.

DirectorChester Erskine
WritersChester Erskine·Irwin Shaw
ProducerChester Erskine

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Cast · Directed by Chester Erskine

WPWilliam Powell
William Powell
Andrew Gentling
SWShelley Winters
Shelley Winters
Catherine Sykes
MHMarsha Hunt
Marsha Hunt
Martha Wier
DHDorothy Hart
Dorothy Hart
Helen Gentling
JGJames Gleason
James Gleason
Captain Gledhill
FBFelix Bressart
Felix Bressart
Professor Morris Avrum
ABArt Baker
Art Baker
Henry Pritchard
SLSheldon Leonard
Sheldon Leonard
Detective Pacciano
HFHoward Freeman
Howard Freeman
Dr. Markheim
HSHouseley Stevenson
Houseley Stevenson
Montgomery Thatcher
PHPaul Harvey
Paul Harvey
Mr. Arnspiger
FPFrancis Pierlot
Francis Pierlot
Dr. Herbert Watson

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