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Tread Softly (1952 film)

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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.Chibnall & McFarlane p.127

Set in a theatre it allows an odd combination of light musical numbers with a murder crime story. It includes several elaborate dance routines.

Cast



* Frances Day as Madeleine Peters

* Patricia Dainton as Tangye Ward

* John Bentley as Keith Gilbert

* John Laurie as Angus McDonald

* Olaf Olsen as Philip Defoe

* Nora Nicholson as Isobel Mayne

* Harry Locke as Nutty Potts

* Betty Baskcomb as Olivia Winter

* Robert Urquhart as Clifford Brett

* Ronald Leigh-Hunt as Inspector Hinton

* Michael Ward as Alexander Mayne

* Nelly Arno

* Hamilton Keene

* Betty Hare

* Colin Croft as Dancer

* Kenneth MacMillan as Dancer

* Keith Sawbridge as Pianist

* Anthony Verner

References



Bibliography



* Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. 'The British 'B' Film'. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.


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