Take One False Step 1949
After a midnight drive with Professor Andrew Gentling, Catherine “Cathy” Sykes vanishes, presumed murdered. When the authorities view Andrew as the prime suspect, his friend Martha urges him to clear his name by launching his own investigation before he is taken into custody.
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Marjorie Bennett
Waitress (uncredited)
Art Baker
Henry Pritchard
Frank Cady
Reporter (uncredited)
Shelley Winters
Catherine Sykes
William Powell
Andrew Gentling
James Gleason
Captain Gledhill
Dorothy Hart
Helen Gentling
Marsha Hunt
Martha Wier
Felix Bressart
Professor Morris Avrum
Paul Harvey
Mr. Arnspiger
Sheldon Leonard
Detective Pacciano
Francis Pierlot
Dr. Herbert Watson
Howard Freeman
Dr. Markheim
Houseley Stevenson
Montgomery Thatcher
Paul Brinegar
Reporter (uncredited)
Leonard Bremen
Truck Driver (uncredited)
Maurice Marsac
Louis (uncredited)
Sandra Gould
Newspaper Girl (uncredited)
Johnny Duncan
Bellhop (uncredited)
Enid Markey
Clara (uncredited)
Adolph Faylauer
Bald Man at Lecture (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Policeman (uncredited)
Brick Sullivan
Policeman (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan
Truck Driver in Cafe (uncredited)
George Lynn
Policeman (uncredited)
Tommy Ivo
Horace - Boy at Roadblock (uncredited)
Edmund Cobb
Policeman (uncredited)
Herbert Heywood
Attendant (uncredited)
Jack Rice
Good Humor Man (uncredited)
Charles Flynn
Policeman (uncredited)
Vangie Beilby
Old Lady at Lecture (uncredited)
Minerva Urecal
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Jess Barker
Arnold Sykes
Lyle Latell
Reporter (uncredited)
Harland Tucker
Clerk (uncredited)
Ralph Peters
Portly Man (uncredited)
Dorothy Vaughan
Leona (uncredited)
Jim Toney
Bartender (uncredited)
Mikel Conrad
Freddie Blair
Charles McAvoy
Policeman (uncredited)
Ethyl May Halls
Woman at Window (uncredited)
Helen Crozier
Maid (uncredited)
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In a tense postwar setting, Andrew Gentling, a married college professor and a founding figure of a new university, reluctantly agrees to share a drink with Catherine Sykes, his wartime girlfriend. He is careful to avoid scandal as his career and reputation loom large. However, the next day Catherine is reported missing and is feared to have been murdered after a bloody scarf is found at her ransacked home. Catherine’s friend Martha Wier informs him that Catherine had been romantically involved with Freddie Blair, a crime partner of Catherine’s husband. Andrew tries to retrieve Catherine’s diary containing evidence of the affair from her bedroom, but he is attacked by a dog and suffers a deep cut on his hand.
Andrew flees but soon hears a news report that the dog who attacked him was found to be rabid. As doctors in the area have been advised to immediately report all dog bites, Andrew is unable to receive medical treatment and believes that he is dying. Later, he watches in hiding as Freddie Blair is killed by a passing train.
Andrew discovers that Catherine is alive and well and that no crime had occurred. No longer eluding capture, he is told that the dog that had attacked him was not actually rabid; the police had concocted the ruse to force the suspect to reveal himself.
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