

Take One False Step(1949)
"Is there a 'Cathy' in your past ?"
Overview
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

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)
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