I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes

1948
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1h 10m

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Don Castle, Elyse Knox, and Regis Toomey in I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes (1948)

A dancer is pinned for murder after his shoe prints are found at the scene of the crime. His wife follows the trail of clues to the genuine killer.A dancer is pinned for murder after his shoe prints are found at the scene of the crime. His wife follows the trail of clues to the genuine killer.A dancer is pinned for murder after his shoe prints are found at the scene of the crime. His wife follows the trail of clues to the genuine killer.

Director
- William Nigh
Writers
- Steve Fisher
- Cornell Woolrich
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6.5/10

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Director
- William Nigh
Writers
- Steve Fisher
- Cornell Woolrich
Stars

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Don Castle

Thomas J. 'Tom' Quinn

Elyse Knox

Ann Quinn

Regis Toomey

Detective Clint Judd

Charles D. Brown

Inspector Stevens

Rory Mallinson

Harry

Robert Lowell

John L. Kosloff

Bill Kennedy

Second Detective

Jimmy Aubrey

Tramp
(uncredited)

Frank Baker

Juror
(uncredited)

Joseph E. Bernard

Apartment House Manager
(uncredited)

Stanley Blystone

McGee - Apartment Resident
(uncredited)

Walden Boyle

Priest
(uncredited)

Paul Bryar

Death Row Guard
(uncredited)

Herman Cantor

Jury Foreman
(uncredited)

Hugh Charles

Counterman
(uncredited)

Steve Darrell

District Attorney
(uncredited)

Ray Dolciame

Shoeshine Boy
(uncredited)

John Doucette

Death Row Prisoner #2
(uncredited)

Director
- William Nigh
Writers
- Steve Fisher
- Cornell Woolrich
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Trivia
At the crime scene, one of the detectives says the victim always bought his groceries with nothing "smaller that a $20 bill" and "all the bills were of a large, old-fashioned type that aren't in circulation anymore." The large-sized currency (50% bigger than current bills) was minted from 1861 to 1929.

Goofs
Ann brings home a new battery-powered radio, turns it on, and music immediately begins to play. Radios still used vacuum tubes in 1948 and those would need a few seconds to warm up before the unit could produce sound.

Quotes
Inspector Stevens: A whole series of coincidences, just like you said the other night.
Ann Quinn: Coincidences? That's how you convicted my husband! He dies tomorrow night. It isn't right a man should die on circumstantial evidence alone. Can't you say anything?
Inspector Stevens: Our hands are tied, Mrs. Quinn.
Ann Quinn: All you're interested in is killing somebody! You don't care who it is, just as long as you kill somebody! Well, it'll be on your conscience, you hear?

Soundtracks
Piano Etude, Op. 10, No. 3 in E major, 'Tristesse'
(uncredited)
Written by Frédéric Chopin
[Played by prisoner #3 on his phonograph]

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Pedestrian But Pleasing

This rediscovered little dilly wouldn't walk away with any awards, but it's the sort of grade-B fare that makes film noir aficionados jump for joy! As is remarkably common in such flicks, the fog of confusion comes in on little cat feet--this time in the presence of two fighting felines on a fence. The protagonist flings his shoes at them, and fate suddenly starts tromping roughshod over him and his hapless spouse. The plot is somewhat plodding by modern standards, but its patient unfolding allows realization to creep slowly over the viewer, so that the conclusion is all the more credible and satisfying. Fans of crime and mystery films of the forties and fifties should find this offering to be a runaway pleaser!