Tread Softly (1952)

19521h 27mdir. David MacDonaldUnited Kingdomcrime film

With Frances Day

Directed by David MacDonald

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Tread Softly is a 1952 British second feature ('B') crime film with musical overtones, directed by David MacDonald and starring Frances Day, Patricia Dainton and John Bentley. It was written by Gerald Verner based on his novel The Show Must Go On. A chorus girl investigates a series of mysterious happenings at a derelict theatre.

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