William Powell
Professor Andrew Gentling
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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. [2] . It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures . Plot. Married college professor Andrew Gentling reluctantly agrees to have a drink with Catherine Sykes, a wartime girlfriend.
- $855,000
- Walter Scharf
- Chester Erskine
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.
- (634)
- Chester Erskine
- Approved
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director. Cast. 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.
Summaries. 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. Prof. Andrew Gentling, in Los Angeles to help found a new college, is inveigled by old flame Catherine Sykes into a midnight drive.
An honest everyman in town for a conference meets a woman who traps him in a criminal conflict. 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. Married ...
Take One False Step. A professor (William Powell) turns sleuth after his date with an old flame (Shelley Winters) makes him look like a murder suspect.
- Mystery & Thriller
- William Powell
- Chester Erskine
David Shaw. 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.
