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.
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Cast
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/8DTWs389THkVCTiDFu0x8ekNmUC.jpg)
William Powell
Andrew Gentling![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/nCWHQ21r83JmcEVEvOAIzUyiuBh.jpg)
Shelley Winters
Catherine Sykes![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/3AKYak1iEUMcRSpw2wUsJTsFuqD.jpg)
Marsha Hunt
Martha Wier![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/kKGrDobrNOYTyRfpSxjOpeVDStJ.jpg)
Dorothy Hart
Helen Gentling![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/nIWAiRVuVbEfD8iSWymhOSJlWUm.jpg)
James Gleason
Captain Gledhill![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/h8Ac7m2toKeDCt2VjNV7s9ytgo7.jpg)
Felix Bressart
Professor Morris Avrum![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/nrOg1FQZiruKFmfz2NHV8SLuRJf.jpg)
Art Baker
Henry Pritchard![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/eNJbTTD9NOQNdXS5TBAkm5Iq9v0.jpg)
Sheldon Leonard
Detective Pacciano![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/8qkSTSMlThEzdy3qBiCX9AbWOHL.jpg)
Howard Freeman
Dr. Markheim![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/A9UDtEGYKmARS0GBOAiIgwTL7wO.jpg)
Houseley Stevenson
Montgomery Thatcher![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/krviQRcmljOEjFtKAfzXQNgmgES.jpg)
Paul Harvey
Mr. Arnspiger![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/xdnMnXCorKaWdVyXl8Xe2nF2vnG.jpg)
Francis Pierlot
Dr. Herbert Watson![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/cDkbObt37tz07XjwTLH2wB2X1vV.jpg)
Jess Barker
Arnold Sykes![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/q7Q1ViMYncOrX3uQ8WF34JluhJU.jpg)
Mikel Conrad
Freddie Blair![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/lbaoqSJsKzOrNfg38Hqwq4bORQs.jpg)
Marjorie Bennett
Waitress (uncredited)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/u8I4QCo6EdBGvpt3IH9dq59e8wG.jpg)
Leonard Bremen
Truck Driver (uncredited)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/6GarNdMHXLKSnt9BAVYa5jtoYi0.jpg)
Paul Brinegar
Reporter (uncredited)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/sq8kRVaXOszxsFegXAQliU65eCv.jpg)
Frank Cady
Reporter (uncredited)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/icnYHc5GwjZzl9wF2nLP8rPvL8a.jpg)
Edmund Cobb
Policeman (uncredited)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/qiIHMG2rIzSshPFvVgLwXaRQ1nw.jpg)
Johnny Duncan
Bellhop (uncredited)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/UsFTfNPUh2raMPRxUk9t3E7drc.jpg)
Adolph Faylauer
Bald Man at Lecture (uncredited)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/l9gfVr8Oqu5VHSFVf9Fdfse5fuX.jpg)
Sandra Gould
Newspaper Girl (uncredited)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/yEaR9SLMkQmEoW16Bf99hwLeQqT.jpg)
Chuck Hamilton
Policeman (uncredited)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/bFrpuJ7mINuyPZWcL1GikqSpw6t.jpg)
Herbert Heywood
Attendant (uncredited)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/p6TjaHEf7xPpambjR2qauzEEwY2.jpg)
Tommy Ivo
Horace - Boy at Roadblock (uncredited)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/be0nr3RaheYrHmE13LFemiPpDz0.jpg)
Lyle Latell
Reporter (uncredited)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/oitnXD4qTRvrTJZ1Lo8vMlH2aT5.jpg)
George Lynn
Policeman (uncredited)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/ihoIvZF4nk59zhleufqy0clpSGa.jpg)
Enid Markey
Clara (uncredited)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/b1cBFQyeI0Fw0zNnGBTG3ViGi4P.jpg)
Maurice Marsac
Louis (uncredited)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/wyGyt7YKwFRqAgInjdvG2sKBlue.jpg)
Ralph Peters
Portly Man (uncredited)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/y2hZb8ifBbqESM17OjVnzA9wCLu.jpg)
Jack Rice
Good Humor Man (uncredited)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/jD3ajxyJEtjDoQFGXs3Pq9nV37K.jpg)
Charles Sullivan
Truck Driver in Cafe (uncredited)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/gODEfRgczQPzUxGQ8fJzpGYw0MS.jpg)
Jim Toney
Bartender (uncredited)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/8bNkxtvxRmifXen8xz88vivtC3z.jpg)
Harland Tucker
Clerk (uncredited)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/pbp9QlJstGblNHnuZWYGEODknct.jpg)
Minerva Urecal
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/iBPFsj7JUe8kbpAhdSq5PURC03F.jpg)
Dorothy Vaughan
Leona (uncredited)Images
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