Take One False Step
Is there a 'Cathy' in your past ?
1949 | 94m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Chester Erskine |
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| Writer: | Irwin Shaw, David Shaw, Chester Erskine |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 14, 1949 |
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| Director: | Chester Erskine |
| Writer: | Irwin Shaw, David Shaw, Chester Erskine |
| Genres: | Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller |
| Keywords | professor, prime suspect |
| Production Companies | Universal International Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 04, 2024 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| William Powell | Andrew Gentling |
| Shelley Winters | Catherine Sykes |
| Marsha Hunt | Martha Wier |
| Dorothy Hart | Helen Gentling |
| James Gleason | Captain Gledhill |
| Felix Bressart | Professor Morris Avrum |
| Art Baker | Henry Pritchard |
| Sheldon Leonard | Detective Pacciano |
| Howard Freeman | Dr. Markheim |
| Houseley Stevenson | Montgomery Thatcher |
| Paul Harvey | Mr. Arnspiger |
| Francis Pierlot | Dr. Herbert Watson |
| Jess Barker | Arnold Sykes |
| Mikel Conrad | Freddie Blair |
| Vangie Beilby | Old Lady at Lecture (uncredited) |
| Marjorie Bennett | Waitress (uncredited) |
| Leonard Bremen | Truck Driver (uncredited) |
| Paul Brinegar | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Frank Cady | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Edmund Cobb | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Helen Crozier | Maid (uncredited) |
| Johnny Duncan | Bellhop (uncredited) |
| Adolph Faylauer | Bald Man at Lecture (uncredited) |
| Sandra Gould | Newspaper Girl (uncredited) |
| Ethyl May Halls | Woman at Window (uncredited) |
| Chuck Hamilton | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Herbert Heywood | Attendant (uncredited) |
| Tommy Ivo | Horace - Boy at Roadblock (uncredited) |
| Lyle Latell | Reporter (uncredited) |
| George Lynn | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Enid Markey | Clara (uncredited) |
| Maurice Marsac | Louis (uncredited) |
| Charles McAvoy | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Ralph Peters | Portly Man (uncredited) |
| Jack Rice | Good Humor Man (uncredited) |
| Brick Sullivan | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Charles Sullivan | Truck Driver in Cafe (uncredited) |
| Jim Toney | Bartender (uncredited) |
| Harland Tucker | Clerk (uncredited) |
| Minerva Urecal | Gas Station Attendant (uncredited) |
| Dorothy Vaughan | Leona (uncredited) |
| Charles Flynn | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Walter Scharf | Original Music Composer |
| Orry-Kelly | Costume Design |
| Irwin Shaw | Novel, Screenplay |
| Bud Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| David Shaw | Novel |
| Russell F. Schoengarth | Editor |
| Franz Planer | Director of Photography |
| Bernard Herzbrun | Art Direction |
| Emrich Nicholson | Art Direction |
| Ruby R. Levitt | Set Decoration |
| Joan St. Oegger | Hairstylist |
| Leslie I. Carey | Sound |
| Richard DeWeese | Sound |
| Ethmer Roten | Musician |
| Russell A. Gausman | Set Decoration |
| David S. Horsley | Visual Effects, Special Effects |
| Norman Stuart | Dialogue Coach |
| Emmy Eckhardt | Hairstylist |
| Emile LaVigne | Makeup Artist |
| Connie Earl | Script Supervisor |
| Sherman Clark | Still Photographer |
| Warren Monroe | Gaffer |
| Dave Ragin | Camera Operator |
| Roland Smith | Grip |
| John Sherwood | Assistant Director |
| Lew Leary | Production Manager |
| Chester Erskine | Screenplay, Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Jack Hively | Associate Producer |
| Chester Erskine | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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