The Shadow's Edge
2025 · Action · Crime
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Film / 1949
Take One False Step
Directed by
Chester Erskine
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.
The story
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 PowellAndrew Gentling
Shelley WintersCatherine Sykes
Marsha HuntMartha Wier
Dorothy HartHelen Gentling
James GleasonCaptain Gledhill
Felix BressartProfessor Morris Avrum
Art BakerHenry Pritchard
Sheldon LeonardDetective Pacciano
Howard FreemanDr. Markheim
Houseley StevensonMontgomery Thatcher
Paul HarveyMr. Arnspiger
Francis PierlotDr. Herbert Watson
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Jess BarkerArnold Sykes
Mikel ConradFreddie Blair
Vangie BeilbyOld Lady at Lecture (uncredited)
Marjorie BennettWaitress (uncredited)
Leonard BremenTruck Driver (uncredited)
Paul BrinegarReporter (uncredited)
Frank CadyReporter (uncredited)
Edmund CobbPoliceman (uncredited)
Helen CrozierMaid (uncredited)
Johnny DuncanBellhop (uncredited)
Adolph FaylauerBald Man at Lecture (uncredited)
Sandra GouldNewspaper Girl (uncredited)
Ethyl May HallsWoman at Window (uncredited)
Chuck HamiltonPoliceman (uncredited)
Herbert HeywoodAttendant (uncredited)
Tommy IvoHorace - Boy at Roadblock (uncredited)
Lyle LatellReporter (uncredited)
George LynnPoliceman (uncredited)
Enid MarkeyClara (uncredited)
Maurice MarsacLouis (uncredited)
Charles McAvoyPoliceman (uncredited)
Ralph PetersPortly Man (uncredited)
Jack RiceGood Humor Man (uncredited)
Brick SullivanPoliceman (uncredited)
Charles SullivanTruck Driver in Cafe (uncredited)
Jim ToneyBartender (uncredited)
Harland TuckerClerk (uncredited)
Minerva UrecalGas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Dorothy VaughanLeona (uncredited)
Charles FlynnPoliceman (uncredited)
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