William Powell
Professor Andrew Gentling
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Take One False Step: Directed by Chester Erskine. With William Powell, Shelley Winters, Marsha Hunt, Dorothy Hart. During a conference-trip to L.A., an academic runs into an old-flame and into trouble with the police when she disappears, presumed murdered.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Chester Erskine
- 1949-08-14
Take One False Step is a 1949 American film noir crime film directed by Chester Erskine and starring William Powell, Shelley Winters and Marsha Hunt. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures.
A professor gets involved in a murder mystery when his old flame disappears in Los Angeles. Find out the details of this classic film noir, the cast, the trivia and the reviews on IMDb.
Take One False Step (1949) is an extra marital murder comedy mystery film noir with Shelley Winters, Dorothy Hart, Marsha Hunt and William Powell.
Prof. Andrew Gentling, in Los Angeles to help found a new college, is inveigled by old flame Catherine Sykes into a midnight drive. Next day Catherine is missing, believed killed; friend Martha convinces Andrew that he's a prime suspect and should investigate before he's arrested.
Jun 12, 2024 · Take One False Step (1949)HD William Powell. During a conference-trip to L.A., an academic runs into an old-flame and into trouble with the police when she disappears, presumed murdered....
- 95 min
- 307
- Hollywood Classic Movies
It’s a quintessential noir story deftly brought to life in Chester Erskine’s intricately plotted Take One False Step, starring an appropriately vulnerable William Powell (in his final film role) and a wonderfully annoying Shelley Winters.
