Take One False Step

1949
A
1h 34m

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William Powell and Shelley Winters in Take One False Step (1949)

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.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.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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6.4/10

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Two great actors and somewhat decent story

Have always enjoyed William Powell but only have caught Ms. Winters in a couple of movies when she was a scarlet. She has a confident air about her that carried on even in her later career. William excretes refined class that marks all his acting career and this is no exception. This role did not show him as the professional slueth that make no mistakes, heck, I don't think he even won a fight, but that makes the movie believable. He is a professor doing his best gumshoeing when the chips are down. The movie builds a few characters up that really lead to nowhere, not sure why, like they were filling the time slot to finish the movie and it drags in places.

I could watch Powell sleep and not be bored, but Ms. Winters shined in her parts and sorta overshadowed Powell in their scenes. The movie was pretty straight forward plot wise and could of used a few more twists because the main twist really wasn't unexpected.

Not a waste of your time to watch, but also not one William's stronger roles. Rating 6.5 just on the performances of the two leads.

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At the 71 minute mark, Martha Wier (Marsha Hunt) and Helen Gentling (Dorothy Hart) are seen riding in a taxi in areas of the University of California Berkeley campus that are no longer open to regular automobile traffic. The taxi is first seen heading north through Sather Gate and across the bridge over Strawberry Creek. The taxi turns right, heading east in front of Wheeler Hall, and is then seen driving west, down the hill from the Campanile. Finally, the taxi stops in front of the "Boalt Hall of Law," which was the law school's home from 1911 to 1951, and which was renamed Durant Hall when the law school moved to a new location at the southeast corner of campus.