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Take One False Step

1949 · Chester Erskine · 94 min

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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.

William PowellAndrew Gentling

Shelley WintersCatherine Sykes

Marsha HuntMartha Wier

Dorothy HartHelen Gentling

James GleasonCaptain Gledhill

Felix BressartProfessor Morris Avrum

Art BakerHenry Pritchard

Sheldon LeonardDetective Pacciano

Howard FreemanDr. Markheim

Houseley StevensonMontgomery Thatcher

Paul HarveyMr. Arnspiger

Francis PierlotDr. Herbert Watson

Jess BarkerArnold Sykes

Mikel ConradFreddie Blair VVangie BeilbyOld Lady at Lecture (uncredited)

Cast

William PowellAndrew Gentling

Shelley WintersCatherine Sykes

Marsha HuntMartha Wier

Dorothy HartHelen Gentling

James GleasonCaptain Gledhill

Felix BressartProfessor Morris Avrum

Art BakerHenry Pritchard

Sheldon LeonardDetective Pacciano

Howard FreemanDr. Markheim

Houseley StevensonMontgomery Thatcher

Paul HarveyMr. Arnspiger

Francis PierlotDr. Herbert Watson

Jess BarkerArnold Sykes

Mikel ConradFreddie Blair VVangie BeilbyOld Lady at Lecture (uncredited)

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