Take One False Step

"Is there a 'Cathy' in your past ?"

Aug 14 1949 Approved 1h 34m
Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

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.

Plot

Prof. Andrew Gentling, in Los Angeles to help found a new college, is inveigled by old flame Catherine Sykes into a midnight drive. Next day Catherine is missing, believed killed; friend Martha convinces Andrew that he's a prime suspect and should investigate before he's arrested. But this only puts Andrew in a more deadly kind of danger.

Written by

Irwin Shaw, Chester Erskine, David Shaw

Directed by

Chester Erskine

Cast

William Powell, Shelley Winters, Marsha Hunt

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
860
Average Rating
6.4 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA