Tread Softly

Tread Softly

Tread Softly

5.7/ 10

TMDB Rating

6

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1952

Release Year

70 min

Runtime

Mystery

Overview

Story of a chorus girl who is "discovered" and finds romance during the unraveling of a mystery in a once derelict theatre.

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Keywords

british noir

Cast

Frances Day

Frances Day

Madeleine Peters

Patricia Dainton

Patricia Dainton

Tangye Ward

John Bentley

John Bentley

Keith Gilbert

John Laurie

John Laurie

Angus McDonald

Olaf Olsen

Philip Defoe

Nora Nicholson

Nora Nicholson

Mrs Mayne

Harry Locke

Harry Locke

Nutty Potts

Betty Baskcomb

Olivia Winters

Robert Urquhart

Robert Urquhart

Clifford Brett

Ronald Leigh-Hunt

Ronald Leigh-Hunt

Inspector Hinton

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Reviews(2)

4.0avg rating

dennyjt

dennyjt

August 11, 2022

3

3/10

Odd mix of light, frivolous musical and dark murder mystery. Bentley's new musical needs a theatre so he arranges to hire old lady Nicholson's disused hall. Trouble is, they find a body behind the stage. The cast aren't phased by this and carry on rehearsing their silly songs and dances while the g…

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

September 9, 2022

5

5/10

A complete cannibalisation of loads of other stories, but it's still quite a watchable little drama based on the BBC radio serial "The Show Must Go On". An actress (Frances Day) walks out on a production days before curtain up and Patricia Dainton is selected to fill her shoes. Next thing we know, f…