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Step Down to Terror

Step Down to Terror
★ 5.8/10•1958•1h 16m•NR•Crime•Drama•Thriller

STEP BY STEP... he made a career out of love.... and murder!

Pursued by detectives, Johnny Walters leaves the city to visit his family in a small California town. Among the household: his dead brother's luscious widow Helen, who soon is attracted to him. Ominous events and conflicting evidence leave Helen suspicious, but uncertain about her brother-in-law as tension builds...

Harry Keller · Director

Mel Dinelli · Screenplay

Czenzi Ormonde · Screenplay

Sy Gomberg · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 16m
LanguageEN
Release DateSep 1, 1958

Actors

Colleen Miller

Colleen Miller

Helen Walters

Charles Drake

Charles Drake

Johnny Walters

Rod Taylor

Rod Taylor

Mike Randall

Josephine Hutchinson

Josephine Hutchinson

Mrs. Walters

Jocelyn Brando

Jocelyn Brando

Lily

Alan Dexter

Alan Dexter

Roy

Ricky Kelman

Ricky Kelman

Doug Walters

Ann Doran

Ann Doran

Mrs. Duprez

Nelson Leigh

Nelson Leigh

Reverend Johnson (unconfirmed)

Eleanor Audley

Eleanor Audley

Miss Brighton (uncredited)

Helen Bennett

Helen Bennett

Mrs. Dunwiddy (uncredited)

Jim Brandt

Tom Hobbs (uncredited)

Gwen Caldwell

Rose Cobb (uncredited)

John Close

Detective (uncredited)

Barbara Drew

Hazel Cobb (uncredited)

Harold Goodwin

Harold Goodwin

Man with Dog (uncredited)

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