I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes

1948
A
1h 10m

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Don Castle, Elyse Knox, and Regis Toomey in I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes (1948)

A dancer is pinned for murder after his shoe prints are found at the scene of the crime. His wife follows the trail of clues to the genuine killer.A dancer is pinned for murder after his shoe prints are found at the scene of the crime. His wife follows the trail of clues to the genuine killer.A dancer is pinned for murder after his shoe prints are found at the scene of the crime. His wife follows the trail of clues to the genuine killer.

Director
- William Nigh
Writers
- Steve Fisher
- Cornell Woolrich
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6.5/10

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Director
- William Nigh
Writers
- Steve Fisher
- Cornell Woolrich
Stars

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Don Castle

Thomas J. 'Tom' Quinn

Elyse Knox

Ann Quinn

Regis Toomey

Detective Clint Judd

Charles D. Brown

Inspector Stevens

Rory Mallinson

Harry

Robert Lowell

John L. Kosloff

Bill Kennedy

Second Detective

Jimmy Aubrey

Tramp
(uncredited)

Frank Baker

Juror
(uncredited)

Joseph E. Bernard

Apartment House Manager
(uncredited)

Stanley Blystone

McGee - Apartment Resident
(uncredited)

Walden Boyle

Priest
(uncredited)

Paul Bryar

Death Row Guard
(uncredited)

Herman Cantor

Jury Foreman
(uncredited)

Hugh Charles

Counterman
(uncredited)

Steve Darrell

District Attorney
(uncredited)

Ray Dolciame

Shoeshine Boy
(uncredited)

John Doucette

Death Row Prisoner #2
(uncredited)

Director
- William Nigh
Writers
- Steve Fisher
- Cornell Woolrich
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7/10

New shoes, please

Don Castle (Tom) is an out of work dancer with only 1 pair of shoes. Not only that but he throws them out of the window when some cats bother him. He goes to retrieve them but can't find them. Next morning, his wife Elyse Knox (Ann) brings them to him from outside their apartment. Someone has returned them. How nice. Not really, though. Whoever left them there has murdered someone whilst wearing them and has kindly returned them for framing purposes.

We have a flashback film with Castle on Death Row awaiting his execution. He relates his story to 4 other prisoners and the film intersperses between the prison cells, where prisoner no. 3 is in charge of the tunes, and a separate investigation to discover what actually happened courtesy of Knox.

It's an entertaining film and it has a twist. You'll probably guess but these plots are all about the moment that you realize. Mental illness is definitely on the cards in this offering.

AAdaSC
Feb 22, 2018
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Trivia
At the crime scene, one of the detectives says the victim always bought his groceries with nothing "smaller that a $20 bill" and "all the bills were of a large, old-fashioned type that aren't in circulation anymore." The large-sized currency (50% bigger than current bills) was minted from 1861 to 1929.

Goofs
Ann brings home a new battery-powered radio, turns it on, and music immediately begins to play. Radios still used vacuum tubes in 1948 and those would need a few seconds to warm up before the unit could produce sound.

Quotes
Inspector Stevens: A whole series of coincidences, just like you said the other night.
Ann Quinn: Coincidences? That's how you convicted my husband! He dies tomorrow night. It isn't right a man should die on circumstantial evidence alone. Can't you say anything?
Inspector Stevens: Our hands are tied, Mrs. Quinn.
Ann Quinn: All you're interested in is killing somebody! You don't care who it is, just as long as you kill somebody! Well, it'll be on your conscience, you hear?