Tread Softly (1952)
1h 10m
Running Time
December 1, 1952Release Date
Plot.
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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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Frances Day
Madeleine Peters
John Bentley
Keith Gilbert
Patricia Dainton
Tangye Ward
John Laurie
MacDonald
Olaf Olsen
Phillip Defoe
Nora Nicholson
Mrs. Mayne
Harry Locke
Nutty Potts
Betty Baskcomb
Olivia Winters
Robert Urquhart
Clifford Brett
Ronald Leigh-Hunt
Inspector Hinton
Michael Ward
Alexander Mayne
Philip Leakey
Makeup Artist
David MacDonald
Director
Gerald Verner
Writer
Donald Ginsberg
Writer
Vivian Cox
Writer
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Tread Softly is a 1952 British crime film with musical overtones, directed by David MacDonald and starring Frances Day, Patricia Dainton and John Bentley. A chorus girl investigates a series of mysterious happenings at a derelict theatre.
It was made at Marylebone Studios and at the Granville Theatre in Fulham. While made as a second feature it also had aspirations to top the bill in some cinemas.Set in a theatre it allows an odd combination of light musical numbers with a murder crime story. It includes several elaborate dance routines.