- HD 1080
- Runtime: 94m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Chester Erskine
- Stars: William Powell, Shelley Winters, Marsha Hunt, Dorothy Hart, James Gleason
- keywords: professor, prime suspect
- Production_studio: Universal International Pictures
- Slogan: Is there a 'Cathy' in your past ?
- The Take One False Step is featured in the top rankings of 1949
- #52 in Top Crime Movies of 1949
- #41 in Top Thriller Movies of 1949
- #18 in Top Mystery Movies of 1949
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.