Take One False Step
6.4
“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.
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William Powell
Andrew Gentling
Known for
The Thin Man
My Man Godfrey
Shelley Winters
Catherine Sykes
Known for
Lolita
The Night of the Hunter
Marsha Hunt
Martha Wier
Known for
Johnny Got His Gun
Raw Deal
Dorothy Hart
Helen Gentling
Known for
The Naked City
James Gleason
Captain Gledhill
Known for
The Night of the Hunter
Arsenic and Old Lace
Felix Bressart
Professor Morris Avrum
Known for
To Be or Not to Be
The Shop Around the Corner
Art Baker
Henry Pritchard
Known for
Spellbound
Impact
Sheldon Leonard
Detective Pacciano
Known for
To Have and Have Not
Guys and Dolls
Howard Freeman
Dr. Markheim
Known for
Letter from an Unknown Woman
The Blue Dahlia
Houseley Stevenson
Montgomery Thatcher
Known for
Dark Passage
Colorado Territory
Paul Harvey
Mr. Arnspiger
Known for
Spellbound
Calamity Jane
Francis Pierlot
Dr. Herbert Watson
Known for
The Flame and the Arrow
The Prisoner of Zenda
Chester Erskine Director · Irwin Shaw Screenplay David Shaw Author
United States release August 14, 1949 · Produced in United States · Production Universal Pictures
Production
Universal International Pictures
Production
Universal Pictures
Studio · Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · June 3, 1949
Premiere · (Los Angeles, California)
United States · August 14, 1949
Theatrical
United States
June 22, 1949 · Premiere · (New York City, New York)
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