

Step Down to Terror(1958)
"STEP BY STEP... he made a career out of love.... and murder!"
Overview
Pursued by detectives, Johnny Walters leaves the city to visit his family in a small California town. Among the household: his dead brother's luscious widow Helen, who soon is attracted to him. Ominous events and conflicting evidence leave Helen suspicious, but uncertain about her brother-in-law as tension builds...
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Colleen Miller
Helen Walters

Charles Drake
Johnny Walters

Rod Taylor
Mike Randall

Josephine Hutchinson
Mrs. Walters

Jocelyn Brando
Lily

Alan Dexter
Roy

Ricky Kelman
Doug Walters

Ann Doran
Mrs. Duprez

Nelson Leigh
Reverend Johnson (unconfirmed)

Eleanor Audley
Miss Brighton (uncredited)

Helen Bennett
Mrs. Dunwiddy (uncredited)
Jim Brandt
Tom Hobbs (uncredited)
Gwen Caldwell
Rose Cobb (uncredited)
John Close
Detective (uncredited)
Barbara Drew
Hazel Cobb (uncredited)

Harold Goodwin
Man with Dog (uncredited)

Herbert Lytton
Doctor (uncredited)
Elmore Vincent
Mr. Dunwiddy (uncredited)
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