Step Down to Terror

1958
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1h 16m

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Charles Drake and Colleen Miller in Step Down to Terror (1958)

A killer on the lam takes refuge in his childhood home where his mother and widowed sister-in-law are ignorant of his criminal past.A killer on the lam takes refuge in his childhood home where his mother and widowed sister-in-law are ignorant of his criminal past.A killer on the lam takes refuge in his childhood home where his mother and widowed sister-in-law are ignorant of his criminal past.

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Colleen Miller

Helen Walters

Charles Drake

Johnny Walters

Rod Taylor

Mike Randall

Josephine Hutchinson

Sarah Walters

Jocelyn Brando

Lily Kirby

Alan Dexter

Rickey Kelman

Doug Walters

Ann Doran

Mrs. Duprez

Nelson Leigh

Reverend Johnson
(unconfirmed)

Eleanor Audley

Miss Brighton
(uncredited)

Helen Bennett

Mrs. Dunwiddy
(uncredited)

Jim Brandt

Tom Hibbs
(uncredited)

Gwen Caldwell

Rose Cobb
(uncredited)

John Close

Detective
(uncredited)

Barbara Drew

Hazel Cobb
(uncredited)

Harold Goodwin

Man with Dog
(uncredited)

Herbert Lytton

Doctor
(uncredited)

Elmore Vincent

Mr. Dunwiddy
(uncredited)

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Trivia
A remake of 1943's Shadow of a Doubt, directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

Goofs
The character name "Johnny Walters" is wrongly listed in the end credits as "Johnny Williams."

Quotes
Johnny Walters: Hey, where's my favorite sister-in-law? Helen! Helen!
Helen Walters: Oh, Johnny!
[they embrace]
Helen Walters: Oh, it's so good to see you.
Johnny Walters: Well, you look more beautiful than ever. Maybe I should have come home sooner.

Connections
Remake of Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

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