Tread Softly (1952 film)
Introduction '''''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.
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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