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Step Down to Terror
“STEP BY STEP... he made a career out of love.... and murder!”
58%
Movie
1h 16m
AI Analysis
Step Down to Terror (1958) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Step Down to Terror (1958) — a movie tagged as Crime, Drama, and Thriller with tense moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: Pursued by detectives, Johnny Walters leaves the city to visit his family in a small California town. Among the household: his dead brother's luscious widow Helen, who soon is attracted to him. Ominous events and conflicting evidence leave Helen suspicious, but uncertain about her brother-in-law as tension builds... Our models also surface themes such as ai and family from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~76 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Step Down to Terror 58% (10 votes) — mixed but watchable scores for this movie.
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TMDb audience score
58%
from 10 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
Pursued by detectives, Johnny Walters leaves the city to visit his family in a small California town. Among the household: his dead brother's luscious widow Helen, who soon is attracted to him. Ominous events and conflicting evidence leave Helen suspicious, but uncertain about her brother-in-law as tension builds...
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1958-09-01
- Runtime
- 1h 16m
- TMDB rating
- 5.8
- TMDB ID
- 74912
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Is there an official trailer for Step Down to Terror?
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What is Step Down to Terror about?
Pursued by detectives, Johnny Walters leaves the city to visit his family in a small California town. Among the household: his dead brother's luscious widow Helen, who soon is attracted to him. Omi... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for Step Down to Terror?
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How long is the movie Step Down to Terror?
The official runtime for Step Down to Terror is approximately 76 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast
Colleen Miller
Helen Walters
Charles Drake
Johnny Walters
Rod Taylor
Mike Randall
Josephine Hutchinson
Mrs. Walters
Jocelyn Brando
Lily
Alan Dexter
Roy
Ricky Kelman
Doug Walters
Ann Doran
Mrs. Duprez
Nelson Leigh
Reverend Johnson (unconfirmed)
Eleanor Audley
Miss Brighton (uncredited)
Helen Bennett
Mrs. Dunwiddy (uncredited)
- J
Jim Brandt
Tom Hobbs (uncredited)
- G
Gwen Caldwell
Rose Cobb (uncredited)
- J
John Close
Detective (uncredited)
- B
Barbara Drew
Hazel Cobb (uncredited)
Harold Goodwin
Man with Dog (uncredited)
Herbert Lytton
Doctor (uncredited)
- E
Elmore Vincent
Mr. Dunwiddy (uncredited)
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