Take One False Step

"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."

Cast

William Powell

as Andrew Gentling

Shelley Winters

as Catherine Sykes

Marsha Hunt

as Martha Wier

Dorothy Hart

as Helen Gentling

James Gleason

as Captain Gledhill

Felix Bressart

as Professor Morris Avrum

Art Baker

as Henry Pritchard

Sheldon Leonard

as Detective Pacciano

Howard Freeman

as Dr. Markheim

Houseley Stevenson

as Montgomery Thatcher

Paul Harvey

as Mr. Arnspiger

Francis Pierlot

as Dr. Herbert Watson

Jess Barker

as Arnold Sykes

Mikel Conrad

as Freddie Blair

Vangie Beilby

as Old Lady at Lecture (uncredited)

Marjorie Bennett

as Waitress (uncredited)

Leonard Bremen

as Truck Driver (uncredited)

Paul Brinegar

as Reporter (uncredited)

Frank Cady

as Reporter (uncredited)

Edmund Cobb

as Policeman (uncredited)

Helen Crozier

as Maid (uncredited)

Johnny Duncan

as Bellhop (uncredited)

Adolph Faylauer

as Bald Man at Lecture (uncredited)

Sandra Gould

as Newspaper Girl (uncredited)

Ethyl May Halls

as Woman at Window (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton

as Policeman (uncredited)

Herbert Heywood

as Attendant (uncredited)

Tommy Ivo

as Horace - Boy at Roadblock (uncredited)

Lyle Latell

as Reporter (uncredited)

George Lynn

as Policeman (uncredited)

Enid Markey

as Clara (uncredited)

Maurice Marsac

as Louis (uncredited)

Charles McAvoy

as Policeman (uncredited)

Ralph Peters

as Portly Man (uncredited)

Jack Rice

as Good Humor Man (uncredited)

Brick Sullivan

as Policeman (uncredited)

Charles Sullivan

as Truck Driver in Cafe (uncredited)

Jim Toney

as Bartender (uncredited)

Harland Tucker

as Clerk (uncredited)

Minerva Urecal

as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

Dorothy Vaughan

as Leona (uncredited)

Charles Flynn

as Policeman (uncredited)

Crew

Chester Erskine

Director

Chester Erskine

Screenplay

Chester Erskine

Producer

David Shaw

Novel

Walter Scharf

Original Music Composer

Franz Planer

Director of Photography

Russell F. Schoengarth

Editor

Irwin Shaw

Novel

Irwin Shaw

Screenplay

Emmy Eckhardt

Hairstylist

Emile LaVigne

Makeup Artist

Russell A. Gausman

Set Decoration

David S. Horsley

Visual Effects

Connie Earl

Script Supervisor

Sherman Clark

Still Photographer

Warren Monroe

Gaffer

Dave Ragin

Camera Operator

Roland Smith

Grip

David S. Horsley

Special Effects

John Sherwood

Assistant Director

Lew Leary

Production Manager

Norman Stuart

Dialogue Coach

Jack Hively

Associate Producer

Bernard Herzbrun

Art Direction

Emrich Nicholson

Art Direction

Ruby R. Levitt

Set Decoration

Orry-Kelly

Costume Design

Joan St. Oegger

Hairstylist

Bud Westmore

Makeup Artist

Leslie I. Carey

Sound

Richard DeWeese

Sound

Ethmer Roten

Musician