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Take One False Step(1949)
Status: Released
Date: 1949-08-14
52%
17 Votes
Time: 1h 34m
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Take One False Step
Top 10 Billed Cast
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
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